Hebei, China's leading steelmaking province in northern China and now the new epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, is rapidly acting by limiting citizen mobility in its three cities - Shijianzhuang, Xingtai and Langfang, as well as local authorities rushed to conduct tests on exchanging a blanket for citizens in an effort to reduce the number of new daily infections.
The latest battle in Hebei has already shown its impact on its main industry - the steel sector - mainly due to the steel trade and transportation of related goods, although the production of steel works as usual.
The surge in COVID-19 cases in China has also darkened the domestic steel market and heightened concerns about the country's economic and industrial activities.
Three Hebei Cities See Rise in COVID-19 Cases
On January 12, the city of Langfang, located in downtown Hebei, was the last to be ordered to lockdown the city, requiring all citizens to stay at home for seven days under quarantine, and the city immediately launched a citywide COVID-19. tests among all citizens, which was triggered by a new confirmed case of the January 11 pandemic.
“We were advised that we had to queue at the nearest test stations to do this within 24 hours, and this really caused a little panic among the townspeople as people rushed to supermarkets to buy groceries,” says a resident of Langfang ...
Hebei COVID-19 Cases Alarmed Steel Market
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Azovpromstal® 14 January 2021 г. 12:10 |
