Apple Supplier Grapples with Covid Flare-Up in iPhone City

  • Foxconn says only a small number of employees affected
  • The firm makes most of the world’s iPhones from Zhengzhou
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Foxconn Technology Group is seeing a “small number” of Covid cases at its main campus in China, as the world’s biggest maker of iPhones aims to maintain production amid tightening restrictions in one of the country’s largest cities.

Foxconn is assisting a ”small number of employees affected by Covid” in its Zhengzhou facility, the Taiwanese company said in a statement. The firm, known also as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is providing the workers with necessities and counseling, it added.