Unfortunately, the Coronavirus expansion is over The Sars pandemic occurred in 2003, and the situation is already in the phase of a major drop. Sars infected more than 8,000 people and produced 774 deaths, but Coronavirus already carried more than 40,500 people and 910 deaths. True, SARS 'death rate was 9.6% and Coronavirus's 2.2%, meanwhile.
By this time it was expected that the expansion had been fully regulated, and the hardware makers were hoping to reopen their factories and offices now. However, Not only did they not open their doors but they did close more
The impact of Coronavirus on the PC industry
In a bid to curb the spread of the disease, Chinese New Year holidays have been extended to many regions of China, including the important province of Shandong and in the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai. Also most of the national transport network is suspended, which causes the country's assets to decline.
The giants are the same Qualcomm, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung either Tesla They have closed their offices and construction sites in China. Although most of these closures are scheduled to end yesterday, it is still closed and it is unclear the exact date for the renewal.
The facilities are expected to close Foxconn and Pegatron delaying production of Apple devices (iPhone and AirPods) for several months, and it is Chinese authorities who have prevented Foxconn from reopening its Shenzen manufacturing plant. In addition, Foxconn unilaterally decided to also keep its factory in Zhengzhou closed until the Chinese government had more details about the Coronavirus epidemic.
As a result of this shutdown, many technological products suffer severe delays, or even lack delivery. For example, Facebook is not getting orders for its latest VR glasses Oculus Demand VR, and released an official statement identifying Coronavirus as the cause of the condition. Nintendo It is also uninsulated, and the cash from its main power switch is also subject to delays and is currently out of stock.
Accordingly, Huawei postponed its developer conference next week, and LG and Sony have announced they will not attend the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
