China partly shuts world's third-busiest port on Covid-19 case in threat to global trade, Economy News & Top Stories


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SHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) - China partly shut the world's third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid-19, threatening to further disrupt global trade. All inbound and outbound container services at Meishan terminal in Ningbo-Zhoushan port were halted on Wednesday (Aug 11) until further notice due to a "system disruption", according to a statement on the port's electronic data platform. A container terminal worker at the port tested positive for coronavirus, the eastern Chinese city's government said in a WeChat statement. This is the second shutdown of a Chinese port due to an outbreak recently, after the closure of Yantian...