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Covid lockdown: Foxconn stops production facility for iPhones
Chinese employees of the Apple supplier Foxconn work in the Lunghua plant. Photo: Ym Yik/epa/dpa
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Because the 17 million metropolis of Shenzhen is in a one-week corona lockdown, Apple partner Foxconn has to suspend production for the time being.
After the corona lockdown in Shenzhen, southern China, Apple partner Foxconn stopped production in the metropolis at its manufacturing facility, which also manufactures iPhones.
Taiwanese parent company Hon Hai in Taipei said production lines at other plants are being adjusted to reduce the potential impact of the disruption. How long production will be suspended depends on the orders of the authorities.
Biggest corona wave since the beginning of the pandemic
The government of the 17 million metropolis had imposed a one-week lockdown the day before, during which all residents should also be tested. All buses and subways stopped operating. In the course of the largest corona wave in China since the beginning of the pandemic more than two years ago, a further 75 cases were counted in Shenzhen alone on Sunday, as the health commission announced on Monday in Beijing.
1,337 local infections and 788 asymptomatic cases were detected nationwide, which are detailed in China. The day before there had been a record total of more than 3100 cases. The infections had recently increased after only a few dozen were reported a day three weeks ago. China is pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy, responding to local outbreaks with lockdowns, mass testing, transport restrictions and quarantines. The country has also largely isolated itself.