Chinese manufacturers of Covid-19 testing kits produce about half of the global supply. Photo: Shutterstock
As China’s Covid-19 test kit orders surge globally, manufacturers are hiring en masse to meet demand
- Highly contagious variants of the coronavirus are behind some of the worst outbreaks that China has seen since the onset of the pandemic, resulting in tens of millions of tests
- Manufacturers say they have hired hundreds or even thousands of workers as orders flood in for Covid-19 testing kits
Chinese manufacturers of Covid-19 testing kits produce about half of the global supply. Photo: Shutterstock