Volkswagen China shuts 2 Tianjin plants due to COVID-19 outbreaks

Volkswagen's China unit has shut a plant it jointly runs with FAW Group in Tianjin, as well as a component factory, due to recent COVID-19 outbreaks there. "Both plants have conducted COVID-19 testing twice for all employees this week," the automaker said. The city of Tianjin on Wednesday started the second round of COVID-19 testing of its 14 million residents.