<p>Apple supplier Foxconn's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/covid-in-endemic-phase-experts-feel-1157848.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 </a>woes at its vast iPhone manufacturing facility in China's Zhengzhou city could slash the site's November iPhone shipments by up to 30 per cent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.</p>.<p>The source, who declined to be identified as the information was private, said Foxconn is working to boost iPhone production at its factory in the southern city of Shenzhen.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/workers-leave-largest-iphone-plant-to-escape-covid-curbs-in-china-1157874.html" target="_blank">Workers leave largest iPhone plant to escape Covid curbs in China</a></strong></p>.<p>Foxconn referred <em>Reuters</em> to a statement it released late on Sunday, in which the company said that the situation was gradually being brought under control and that Foxconn would coordinate back-up production capacity with its other plants to reduce any potential impact.</p>.<p>Apple did not immediately respond to a request from <em>Reuters</em> for comment. Shares of Foxconn formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, dropped 1.9% on Monday morning, compared to a 1.1% rise in the broader market.</p>.<p>Foxconn's factory in Zhengzhou assembles the majority of the company's global iPhone output, though Apple also produces the product in southern China as well as in India.</p>.<p>The plant, which employs about 200,000 workers, has in recent days been rocked by worker discontent over stringent measures to curb Covid-19 within the site.</p>.<p>Several migrant workers fled the plant over the weekend for their hometowns, driving cities to hastily draw up plans to accommodate them.</p>.<p>The impact on production comes amid the traditionally busy time for electronics makers and ahead of the year-end holiday season, which is also a prime time for vendors such as Apple.</p>.<p>Under China's ultra-strict zero-Covid policies, localities are mandated to act swiftly to quell any outbreaks, with measures that could include full-scale lockdowns. On Oct. 19, Foxconn banned all dining-in at canteens and required workers to take their meals in their dormitories but said that production was normal.</p>.<p>Photographs and videos circulating widely on Chinese social media since Saturday showed Foxconn workers trekking across fields in the day and along roads at night. <em>Reuters</em> could not immediately verify the authenticity of the posts.</p>
<p>Apple supplier Foxconn's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/covid-in-endemic-phase-experts-feel-1157848.html" target="_blank">Covid-19 </a>woes at its vast iPhone manufacturing facility in China's Zhengzhou city could slash the site's November iPhone shipments by up to 30 per cent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.</p>.<p>The source, who declined to be identified as the information was private, said Foxconn is working to boost iPhone production at its factory in the southern city of Shenzhen.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/workers-leave-largest-iphone-plant-to-escape-covid-curbs-in-china-1157874.html" target="_blank">Workers leave largest iPhone plant to escape Covid curbs in China</a></strong></p>.<p>Foxconn referred <em>Reuters</em> to a statement it released late on Sunday, in which the company said that the situation was gradually being brought under control and that Foxconn would coordinate back-up production capacity with its other plants to reduce any potential impact.</p>.<p>Apple did not immediately respond to a request from <em>Reuters</em> for comment. Shares of Foxconn formally called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, dropped 1.9% on Monday morning, compared to a 1.1% rise in the broader market.</p>.<p>Foxconn's factory in Zhengzhou assembles the majority of the company's global iPhone output, though Apple also produces the product in southern China as well as in India.</p>.<p>The plant, which employs about 200,000 workers, has in recent days been rocked by worker discontent over stringent measures to curb Covid-19 within the site.</p>.<p>Several migrant workers fled the plant over the weekend for their hometowns, driving cities to hastily draw up plans to accommodate them.</p>.<p>The impact on production comes amid the traditionally busy time for electronics makers and ahead of the year-end holiday season, which is also a prime time for vendors such as Apple.</p>.<p>Under China's ultra-strict zero-Covid policies, localities are mandated to act swiftly to quell any outbreaks, with measures that could include full-scale lockdowns. On Oct. 19, Foxconn banned all dining-in at canteens and required workers to take their meals in their dormitories but said that production was normal.</p>.<p>Photographs and videos circulating widely on Chinese social media since Saturday showed Foxconn workers trekking across fields in the day and along roads at night. <em>Reuters</em> could not immediately verify the authenticity of the posts.</p>