Czech manufacturers bank on COVID tests to avoid a nationwide shutdown of industry
* Czech Rep tops global COVID cases per capita * So far, strategy has avoided factory shutdowns PORICANY, Czech Republic, March 12 (Reuters) - Czech manufacturing firms, a key part of European supply chains for the automotive and other industries, are banking on government-ordered mandatory coronavirus testing to avoid nationwide closures during a spike in infections. Manufacturing, the backbone of the Czech Republic’s export-oriented economy, has so far been largely spared restrictions that have shut services and schools in the country of 10.7 million, which for weeks has been at the top o...
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