China Imposes Covid Curbs in Center of Factory Hub Guangzhou

(Bloomberg) — China suspended in-person schooling and dining-in at restaurants in a district at the center of Guangzhou, stoking concerns about the potential for disruption in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub that’s home to about 19 million people.

All primary and middle schools in Haizhu district, where about 10% of the city’s total population lives, will halt in-person lessons from Monday. The restrictions come more than a week after Huadu district shut entertainment venues and schools and, while a small number of neighborhoods were allowed to ease curbs on Sunday, most of the area remains subject to control measures. Guangzhou reported 69 new infections for Sunday.