World’s Largest iPhone Factory hit by Covid in China

The largest iPhone factory in the world, owned by the Foxconn Technology Group in the central Chinese city Zhengzhou, has been hit by a Covid-19 outbreak, the South China Morning Post reported.

Foxconn told SCMP that the outbreak had affected a “small number of employees” and that operations at the campus are “relatively stable”. Foxconn’s statement came after reports of the Zhengzhou campus operating in a “production bubble” went viral on Chinese social media platforms.

Read the full report: SCMP.

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Vishakha Saxena

Vishakha Saxena is the Multimedia and Social Media Editor at Asia Financial. She has worked as a digital journalist since 2013, and is an experienced writer and multimedia producer. As a trader and investor, she is keenly interested in new economy, emerging markets and the intersections of finance and society. You can write to her at [email protected]