Southeast Asia Factories Hurt by Virus, Vaccination Problems
August 04, 2021
A nurse administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a farmer outside his home in rural Sabab Bernam, central Selangor state, Malaysia, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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New research shows that factory activity across Southeast Asia fell sharply in July because of increasing cases of the coronavirus’s Delta
variant.
The results were based on a series of business
surveys completed this week. The economic difficulties were also linked to slow progress in coronavirus vaccinations in many Southeast Asian nations.