Magical April, in just half a month, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world has exceeded 2 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has reached nearly 120,000. So far, India, France, Italy, Malawi, Nigeria and other countries have reported All have announced the extension of “blockade” measures in response to the COVID-19 epidemic, and the accompanying problems such as order cancellations, port closures, terminal congestion, and container strandings have followed one after another.
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Indian Prime Minister Modi announced on March 24 that from 0:00 on March 25, India will be “locked down” for 21 days, and the “lockdown” order will expire on April 14. However, as the current epidemic situation in India is still severe, many states have urged the Prime Minister to extend the “blockade” order to May 11. After India implemented a 21-day lockdown, many ports faced severe labor shortages and inland transportation capacity problems. Many ships were unable to dock. Indian ports have already been “paralyzed”.
Many countries have previously announced the extension of blockade orders:
French President Macron said: In order to prevent and control The “football ban” implemented due to the COVID-19 epidemic will be extended to May 11. In addition, some commercial and industrial sectors will begin to gradually resume work from May 11, but commercial public places such as bars and restaurants will still remain open. closure.
Nigerian President Buhari announced on the evening of the 10th that in order to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the blockade measures in the capital Abuja, Lagos and Ogun State will be extended for 14 days.
Italian Prime Minister Conte announced that the national “city closure” measures originally scheduled to end on April 13 will be extended to May 3.
The Spanish government announced that due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, it will extend the date of closing the borders with France and Spain until April 26.
Irish Prime Minister Varadkar announced on the 10th that the “stay at home order” originally scheduled to expire on April 12 would be extended for three weeks to May 5.
The South African government previously implemented a 21-day “blockade order” from 0:00 on March 27. In order to prevent the continued spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the South African government will On the basis of the “blockade order”, the time will be extended for 14 days.
Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announced on April 9 that Hungary will indefinitely extend the previously issued travel restriction order, but will evaluate it weekly based on the actual situation to decide whether to continue extend.
The Jordanian government announced on the 12th local time that the nationwide blockade will be extended until the end of April.
The global epidemic continues to escalate. As countries and their stringent blockade measures are further extended, many customers are worried about whether they have been affected by the previous blockade policy and will continue to “make matters worse” in the future. Decreased port and customs clearance efficiency, poor inland transshipment, etc.
Although governments of various countries are considering the resumption of work in some regions and industries, the resumption of work during the blockade period still needs to be strengthened. I would like to remind all foreign trade freight forwarding friends that for recent shipments, please be sure to understand the latest developments in the destination country first. Export policies and port dynamics to avoid problems such as transportation delays, customs clearance at the destination port, buyers abandoning the goods, and no one to pick up the goods at the destination port, which will affect the losses caused by shipments! </p
