With the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection in various parts of China, many of the employees of Japanese companies expanding into the country are infected, and the impact of the decline in factory operation rates is spreading.
On the other hand, in Beijing, the capital, some people are starting to return to work as the infection has passed its peak.
In China, the number of new coronavirus infections has spread rapidly since the easing of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus on the 7th of this month.
According to the Japanese embassy in Beijing, among Japanese companies expanding into various parts of China, many of the employees are infected, and many companies are forced to work from home or have their factories operating at a low rate. And so on, the impact is spreading.
Of these, in Qingdao, Shandong Province, the local authorities estimated that on the 23rd of this month, the number of new infected people was increasing by an estimated 490,000 to 530,000 per day, and many Japanese companies were also infected. It means that
Akinobu Yoshikawa, head of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Qingdao office, said, "From around the 16th of this month, the infection spread all at once, and some Japanese companies said that 30% or 40% of their employees tested positive. Although efforts are being made to maintain production capacity, some companies have seen their production capacity drop by nearly half. I'm trying to get out of here as soon as possible," he said.
On the other hand, according to the Japanese Embassy, in Beijing, some Japanese companies have begun to return to work as the infection has passed its peak, so the focus is on how long the impact of the spread of infection in various places will continue. increase.
Government announcements such as the number of infected people continue to not reflect the actual situation
According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2,637 new cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in China on the 25th.
Of these, 19 were in the eastern Zhejiang province, which is extremely low compared to the provincial health authorities' announcement on the 25th that the number of new infections per day exceeded 1 million.
In addition, Shandong province has 21 cases, and a senior health official in Qingdao, Shandong province, announced on the 23rd of this month that the number of new infections is estimated to increase by 490,000 to 530,000 per day. There is a large gap compared to 1, and the situation continues that the government's announcement does not reflect the actual situation.
In addition, the number of new deaths announced has been less than 10 since the beginning of this month, and is "zero" from the 20th to the 25th.