China’s Parcel Deliveries Slow to a Crawl as Covid Hamstrings Labor Force

What’s new: Orders taken and delivered by China’s postal and delivery companies both dropped to their lowest points since the end of November as the industry struggles with a labor shortage as Covid outbreaks spread nationwide and the Lunar New Year holiday nears.

On Sunday, the country’s postal and delivery firms received 262 million parcels and delivered 282 million, down 8.1% and 6%, respectively, from a day earlier, according to data provided by the Ministry of Transport.