BEIJING : Elon Musk Tests Positive for Covid-19 as Tesla Pauses Production in Shanghai BY YOKO KUBOTA | UPDATED MAR 28, 2022 06:16 AM EDT Four-day production halt is a sign of the challenges that the city’s abrupt lockdown poses to manufacturers there Tesla Inc.
Chief Executive Elon Musk said he has tested positive for Covid-19, while in China the electric-vehicle maker suspended production at its car plant in Shanghai amid a partial city lockdown to contain an outbreak there, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Musk tweeted Monday “I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms" after referencing Covid-19 earlier in the tweet.
Mr. Musk in 2020 also said he had tested positive for the virus. Mr. Musk made the comment after Tesla suspended work at its largest car factory as Shanghai started putting its 25 million citizens in a staggered two-stage Covid-19 lockdown.