The first lockdown has been set until November 9!
Bad news for Apple. Just as those with the bitten apple foresaw it could happen at any time, Foxconn’s largest iPhone headquarters in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou has closed completely, Due to increase in COVID outbreaks among the employees. The move follows President Xi Jinping’s strict zero COVID policy.
After days of rumors, the situation was confirmed in a report published by Taiwan News which claims that the iPhone factory it will be in “total lockdown” for at least seven days, until November 9.
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The alarming situation has seen employees stay in on-site dormitories in a “closed loop system” to prevent COVID outbreaks. And th is, generated complaints due to “increasingly dangerous and inhumane working conditions”
In a report, Foxconn said a ‘small number of employees’ in Zhengzhou had been ‘affected by the pandemic’ and that they received “material supplies, psychological comfort, and responsive feedback”.
But despite Foxconn claiming the situation is under control, various images posted on social media have raised alarm showing workers running from place to place, to return home. To this day still did not provide an official count of the number of people infected by the coronavirus in the plant.
the plant of Foxconn in Zhengzhou has about 200,000 workers, which produces most of Apple’s new phones. On Tuesday, the day before the lockdown, Foxconn said it had quadrupled its daily bonuses at the manufacturing center after an escape of workers during a COVID lockdown and that they were working to “gradually resume orderly production”.
Over the past two years, Apple has worked very hard to maintain its supply chain. Yes OK, the company hasn’t slowed down the launch of new iPhones and still sticking to its fall release schedule, the Mac and iPad lineups have certainly taken a hit.
Apple presented the iPhone 14 in September this year, obtaining excellent sales results, especially for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models, to the point of sending production to increase, a plan at risk, due to of this new situation.