Workers at major Apple supplier Foxconn are fleeing China's biggest iPhone factory amid Covid fears
, posted by BBC's China Correspondent Stephen McDonell, appeared to show workers climbing over fences to escape the facility. Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group in China and Taiwan, said in a statement to Insider that it is"very aware that under the current situation, it is a protracted battle for safeguarding the health and safety of more than 200,000 employees in Foxconn's Zhengzhou park." The company did not make any reference to the social media postings.
Foxconn said it's continuing to implement pandemic prevention measures in Zhengzhou park, including setting up a 24-hour hotline for employees. It added that the outbreak is stabilizing and there's ample supply of daily necessities. "For some employees who want to return home, the park is cooperating with the government to organize personnel and vehicles to provide a point-to-point orderly return service for employees, from today," Foxconn said. The company will coordinate with its other factories to minimize the impact on production capacity, it said.
The Foxconn outbreak happened just as Apple enters the crucial holiday quarter for retail trade. Apple has already warned of