China has partially shut down the world’s third-busiest container port after a worker there tested positive for Covid-19.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
The Meishan terminal at Ningbo-Zhoushan port, which is south of Shanghai, accounts for over a fourth of the container cargo handled at the Chinese port.
Meishan terminal mainly services trade destinations in North America and Europe.
In the aftermath of Covid-19, global supply chains have remained fragile mainly on account of closures and lockdowns that affected both the manufacturing and the logistical segments of the chain.