Delivery Times Likely to Stretch After Beijing Warns Omicron Could Have Traveled in Mail

Chinese health officials have advised people to buy fewer foreign goods — and authorities said they would redouble efforts to disinfect inbound packages — amid claims that a Covid-19 patient in Beijing may have been infected by international mail.

The increased scrutiny of cross-border deliveries is just the latest in a long line of supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. Countries around the world have felt the effect of supply shocks such as a shortage of semiconductors and congestion at ports.