Zhengzhou reported 1,043 Covid cases for Tuesday, up from 733 a day earlier.Ĭhina’s top health body has criticized some cities, including Zhengzhou, for excessive lockdown measures. While Zhengzhou’s government aims to “better balance virus prevention and economic development,” according to the Wednesday statement, infections continue to rise in the city, making the easing of curbs a risky exercise. The Wednesday statement, and its confusing impact on one of the China’s most closely-watched supply chains, reflects a trend of local officials attempting to keep Covid restrictions under the radar as public frustration with the punishing Covid Zero playbook grows. For now, the factory will continue to operate under a so-called closed loop, or self-contained bubble, to keep production going, said a spokesperson for Foxconn, Apple’s key contract manufacturer in China. It’s unclear if or when those restrictions will lift. Read more: IPhone Supply Chain Gets Jolt From Xi’s Covid Zero Enforcers The city’s ongoing restrictions have already prompted Apple to warn it would ship fewer premium devices than anticipated. The list of high-risk areas encompasses the Foxconn Technology Group plant - known as ‘iPhone City.’ That means the flow of goods and people into and out of Apple’s main production base remains curtailed, potentially deepening a hit to iPhone shipments over the US holidays. That includes restrictions on people leaving their homes. Still, several areas within that district will remain classed as “high risk,” which under the city’s Covid rules means they will continue to be subject to lockdown-like curbs.
The city of Zhengzhou ended a district-level lockdown order for the area around the airport, the government said in a statement Wednesday. (Bloomberg) - The world’s biggest iPhone factory will continue to be subject to Covid restrictions, after authorities in China lifted a lockdown in the district where the plant is located but said some areas were still regarded as high risk.
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