China’s iPhone City Locks Down Urban Areas as Covid Cases Rise

Zhengzhou’s moves mark a step back toward China’s tough curbs
iPhone factory workers clashed with guards Wednesday over pay

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By Jacob Gu and Foster Wong

November 23, 2022 at 10:48 PM UTC

Updated on

November 24, 2022 at 2:57 AM UTC

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Zhengzhou, home to Apple Inc.’s largest iPhone manufacturing site, will be largely locked down for five days as officials in the Chinese city resort to tighter curbs to quell a swelling Covid-19 outbreak.

Mobility controls -- a euphemism for lockdown -- will be imposed in the main urban areas of Zhengzhou from Friday through Nov. 29 because of rising virus cases, Zhengzhou’s pandemic task force said in a statement late Wednesday. The city reported 996 infections on Wednesday, up from 813 a day earlier.