HONG KONG : Foxconn Technology Group is scrambling to contain a weekslong Covid-19 outbreak at an iPhone factory in central China, trying to appease frightened and frustrated workers during a crucial period for smartphone orders.
In Foxconn’s main Zhengzhou facility, the world’s biggest assembly site for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, hundreds of thousands of workers have been placed under a closed-loop system for almost two weeks.
They are largely shut off from the outside world, allowed only to move between their dorms or homes and the production lines.
Many said they have been confined to their quarters for days and that distribution of food and other essentials has been chaotic.