Shanghai businesses struggle to get back on their feet after Covid-19 lockdown

Office workers entering the Shanghai World Financial Center on June 1, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
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SHANGHAI - Weeks after emerging from a two-month lockdown, Shanghai's small and medium businesses have a lot of catching up to do.

But some are still wary about ordering workers back to the office, fearing that the emergence of a Covid-19 cluster would result in lengthy quarantines and more business disruptions.

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