TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co (T:7267) on Wednesday said that limited operations had resumed at its production site in Wuhan, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak where some workers returned to their jobs after a month-long shut down of offices, schools and factories.
The Japanese automaker said that it would gradually resume vehicle production at the plant, which produces popular models including the CR-V SUV crossover for the world's biggest auto market.
Earlier in the day, government authorities in Wuhan, a major manufacturing centre in the country, lifted restrictions on a limited number of key industries in the city, allowing some people to return to work.
Rival Nissan Motor Co (T:7201), which also operates a vehicle manufacturing plant in Hubei province, plans to partially resume production at the site along with another plant in Zhengzhou, Henan province, sometime this week, a company spokeswoman in China told Reuters.