China locks down key iPhone city as daily COVID cases hit record high - Axios

China's authorities locked down much areas Thursday arsenic regular COVID-19 cases deed a grounds high.

The large picture: Some 6.6 cardinal radical successful the cardinal metropolis Zhengzhou are affected by a five-day stay-at-home orders — including the country wherever Apple's main iPhone mill is located and wherever constabulary successful hazmat suits clashed with workers pursuing a wage dispute, per AP.

Why it matters: Chinese President Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy has already accrued hold times for Apple's newest iPhone 14 Pro models arsenic caller restrictions successful China hamper accumulation during the tech giant's astir important clip of the year, the vacation quarter, Axios' Hope King writes.

• Apple shaper Foxconn issued a statement earlier this period that it was "operating astatine importantly reduced capacity."

By the numbers: China's National Health Commission said Thursday 31,454 home COVID infections were recorded wrong the past 24 hours.

• That broke the erstwhile grounds acceptable successful April erstwhile financial hub Shanghai was connected lockdown erstwhile 29,390 COVID cases were record, AFP notes.