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Testing, testing, testing

The outlines of a new, more stringent zero-COVID approach are emerging in China, in the wake of the failure to control infections in Shanghai. If successful, there should be less supply chain disruption than has been seen recently. But greater vigilance will prevent much service sector activity returning to normal. Meanwhile, there is no sign in real-time data on construction activity of any infrastructure push getting underway.

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