PRODUCTION bottlenecks as in shortage of containers and labour as well as restriction of movement in the current fight against Covid-19, can affect economic recovery.
With higher logistics costs, countries dependent on imports of globally traded goods may not be able to afford them anymore, thus affecting consumption.
Workers stuck at home under lockdown lead to lower output; in migrant worker-dependent Malaysia, the infection rate of such workers is very high; as they are sent to Covid-19 centres, less labour is available.
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