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Virus outbreaks prompt new lockdowns, curb auto output

COVID testing in Shenzhen, China, in March 2022.
Residents line up to get tested for COVID in Shenzhen, China, on Sunday March 13, 2022. (BLOOMBERG)
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March 14, 2022 10:38 AM

BEIJING -- China locked down the city of Shenzhen and Jilin province, threatening technology and auto manufacturing output in the nation’s latest effort to contain a resurgent Covid pandemic led by the omicron variant.

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