China: Workers flee COVID-hit iPhone plant, country`s biggest, due to curbs - WION

Chinese authorities successful cardinal portion of the state are hastily piecing unneurotic plans to isolate migrant workers who are fleeing biggest assembly of iPhone successful COVID-hit Zhengzhou. The workers are reportedly fleeing the strict coronavirus rules successful metropolis that houses biggest iPhone works successful China.  

Zhengzhou, superior of cardinal Henan province, reported 167 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases successful the 7 days to Oct. 29, up from 97 infections successful the anterior seven-day period.

The works is operated by Apple supplier Foxconn, a institution based successful Taiwan. The works presently has  about 200,000 workers astatine its Zhengzhou complex. It has not disclosed fig of infected workers. It said connected Sunday that it volition not halt workers from leaving.

Late connected Saturday, cities adjacent Zhengzhou, including Yuzhou, Changge and Qinyang, urged Foxconn workers to study to section authorities successful beforehand earlier heading home.

Returning workers are to question "point-to-point" successful pre-arranged vehicles and are to beryllium quarantined connected arrival, they said successful abstracted letters connected their respective societal media accounts addressed to Zhengzhou Foxconn workers.

Under China's ultra-strict zero-COVID policy, cities are mandated to enactment swiftly to quell immoderate outbreaks, with measures that could see full-scale lockdowns. On Oct. 19, Foxconn banned each dine-in astatine canteens and required workers to instrumentality their meals successful their dormitories.

"The authorities agreed to resume dine-in meals to amended the convenience and restitution of employees' lives," Foxconn told Reuters successful an emailed reply to queries connected Sunday.

(With inputs from agencies)