Covid restrictions hit iPhone maker Foxconn - BBC

Apple supplier Foxconn says its gross successful November is down 11% compared to the aforesaid period successful 2021, pursuing unrest astatine the world's largest iPhone factory.

It says the driblet is simply a effect of its works successful Zhengzhou, China being affected by coronavirus restrictions.

Compared to October its gross was 29% down, contempt making a grounds 5.9 trillion New Taiwan Dollars (£160bn) from January to November.

That is an summation of 13.5% compared to the aforesaid play successful 2021.

The electronics manufacturer, besides makes crippled consoles specified arsenic the PlayStation 5, has cited "strong sales" and "better components supply" among the reasons for its growth, and blamed the driblet successful November connected coronavirus restrictions.

"The wide epidemic concern has been brought nether control, with November being the astir affected period," said a connection from the company, whose office are successful Taiwan.

"[We] are gradually moving toward the absorption of restoring accumulation capableness to normal."

Footage circulated wide online successful November showed aggravated protests astatine the factory, amid wide protests successful China against the country's zero-Covid policy.

Since then, China has signalled a displacement successful its Covid stance and moved to easiness immoderate microorganism restrictions, contempt precocious regular lawsuit numbers.

Dozens of districts successful Guangzhou and Shanghai were released from lockdown measures astatine the opening of December.

The country's vice-premier besides announced that the state was facing a "new situation".