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By Jessie Yeung, CNN Business
Crowded factories in Asia’s manufacturing hubs seemed curiously immune to coronavirus as it spread through most of the world last year.
By the end of 2020, Thailand and Vietnam had reported fewer than 200 deaths between them, and Cambodia and Laos didn’t report any at all.
But that changed this spring as many parts of Asia battled stubborn Covid-19 outbreaks that have infiltrated factories and other businesses critical to the global supply chain, threatening to disrupt the
already strained
The surge
in cases has forced manufacturing plants throughout the region from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia to China and Taiwan to halt production
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COVID-19 outbreaks at Thai factories threaten export sector, recovery
People receive the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Bangkok, Thailand, Jun 7, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun)
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BANGKOK: A series of COVID-19 outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the pandemic s crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry.
The virus has swept through more than 130 factories, including those supplying international brands, with more than 7,100 cases across 11 provinces, making manufacturing one of the top sources of infections along with prisons and construction camps.
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