SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla (NASDAQ:) is aiming to renew manufacturing at its Shanghai manufacturing unit from Monday, two sources accustomed to the matter mentioned, because it expects to see its first batch of employees launched from a lockdown the town imposed to fight a surge in COVID-19 circumstances.

Manufacturing on the U.S. automaker’s Shanghai manufacturing unit, which produces vehicles for the China market and can be an important export hub, has been halted since March 28 as the federal government launched a two-stage lockdown that began in areas east of the town’s Huangpu River the place Tesla’s plant is positioned.

Nonetheless, Tesla’s resumption plans may change as a consequence of Shanghai’s evolving COVID-19 insurance policies, one of many sources instructed Reuters.

Tesla had initially hoped to solely halt operations for 4 days, however cancelled manufacturing plans for Friday and Saturday after the authorities prolonged tight motion restrictions within the jap half of the town. Just about the entire Shanghai is at the moment beneath lockdown.

The seven-day stoppage marks one of many longest suspensions because the manufacturing unit began manufacturing in late 2019. Tesla manufactures 6,000 Mannequin 3 and 10,000 Mannequin Y vehicles per week at its Shanghai manufacturing unit, one of many folks mentioned.

Tesla didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

“This was an *exceptionally* tough quarter as a consequence of provide chain interruptions & China zero Covid coverage,” its chief government officer Elon Musk mentioned in a tweet on Saturday.