Manufacturers in Singapore had been waiting for factories in China to reopen yesterday after the extended Chinese New Year shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak which originated in Wuhan.
But many facilities remained shuttered yesterday, with production lines ground to a halt. Materials that were completed before the shutdown sat waiting to be delivered.
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