Apple warns that covid-19 in China will cause delays in deliveries of its products

By João Caminoto / 07/11/2022 / 1 minute reading

A Apple alerted its customers to the occurrence of delays in receiving their products. This is because the largest iPhone in the world, in China, it was practically forced to stop production due to the emergence of Covid-19 cases in the region.

In a statement, the Apple reported that the factory, located in Zhengzhou is now operating at a significantly reduced capacity. (BBC*)

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China continues to implement its “Covid Zero” policy, which involves blocking areas where cases of the disease appear.

A Apple expect delays in the new iPhone, due to the confinement in Zhengzhou, where the largest iPhones of the world. After an outbreak of covid-19, access to the area was closed for a week https://t.co/TBdA4LeiA7
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Last Wednesday, Chinese authorities imposed a seven-day confinement on around 600 people in the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone area, where the Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn's factory, which produces the iPhone.

The factory, which employs more than 200 people, has been closed since mid-October following a coronavirus outbreak. The site is about 600 km southwest of Beijing.

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According to analysts, the industrial complex, which has three factories and employs around 350 thousand people, guarantees the assembly of around 80% of iPhones 14, the most recent model from the American giant Apple.

In order to no longer be so dependent on China, the Apple announced in September that it would outsource part of its production to India, where around 3% of iPhones are already manufactured.

(with AFP)

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