Covid Surge Tempers Hopes ‘iPhone City’ Lockdown Will Lift Soon
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Covid cases have more than doubled in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, dampening hopes that authorities will lift a lockdown of the area surrounding the world’s largest iPhone factory.
(Bloomberg) -- Covid cases have more than doubled in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, dampening hopes that authorities will lift a lockdown of the area surrounding the world's largest iPhone factory. A seven-day lockdown of the Airport Economy Zone, which houses Apple Inc.'s global iPhone production base, expires noon Wednesday. The local government may extend those curbs -- which curtail the flow of everything but essential goods and personnel -- depending on the progress of a local outbreak. Covid cases across the city jumped to 733 as of Monday from 297 the previous day. An ex...