In this photo taken from video footage,people with suitcases and bags are seen leaving from a Foxconn compound in Zhengzhou.Credit:AP
The Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou,Henan province,is one of the largest factories in China that assembles products for Apple,including its latest iPhone 14 devices.
Not all the videos that showed workers purportedly leaving the facility could be verified. It is unclear if the workers leaving the facility had escaped or if they were allowed to leave.
Foxconn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The COVID-19 woes could slash the site’s November output of the Apple device by as much as 30 per cent,a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Foxconn is working to boost production at its factory in Shenzhen city to make up for the shortfall,said the person,declining to be identified as the information was private.
Foxconn’s share price fell 1.9 per cent on Monday versus a 1.1 per cent rise in the broader market.