Critical period: People are seen waiting at a bus stand displaying an iPhone advertisement in Beijing. The plant lockdown comes in the middle of Apple’s peak production period in the build-up to the holiday shopping season. — AP
BEIJING: With little warning, China locked down the world’s largest iPhone factory on Wednesday, declaring the zone around the Zhengzhou Foxconn Technology Group complex off-limits to combat a local Covid-19 outbreak. It’s the last thing Apple Inc needed.
The abrupt move is expected to further disrupt a factory already grappling with an outcry over an on-site coronavirus outbreak, worker exodus and enforced quarantine.
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