China shuts down parts of city after protests at iPhone factory – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

Residents of the city center are not allowed to leave the area unless they present a negative corona test and permission from the authorities. They are also encouraged not to go out unless strictly necessary, according to local authorities. The restrictions will last five days from midnight on Friday and cover more than 6 million people, around half of the city’s population. Residents of eight districts must also take a PCR test daily during the period. The order came a day after violent protests broke out at the city’s huge factory complex Protesters clashed with security personnel in white outside the iPhone factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. Photo: AP Protests Several factory workers at Foxconn’s iPhone factory clashed with the police after large protests on Wednesday. Videos show hundreds of workers marching. Some are confronted by people in protective suits and riot police. Another clip from a live video shows dozens of workers confronting police officers and a police car while shouting “Defend our rights! Defend our rights!”. Due to the increasing infection of corona at the factory, the workers were placed under strict restrictions, which led to several thousand employees not showing up for work. Those who were at work were locked up in the factory for seven days. In addition, the company is said to have changed the pay conditions for the employees, which has caused great dissatisfaction. On Thursday, Foxconn apologized and said it was all due to a technical error, reports the AFP news agency. The company Apple has announced the delay of several iPhone models due to reduced production at Foxconn, which has over 200,000 employees and is a major supplier to Apple. A guard in a protective suit watches over an entrance to a neighborhood in Beijing. A peak of new corona cases was registered in the country on Wednesday Photo: Andy Wong / AP New infection peak China’s daily corona cases have reached a new infection peak since the beginning of the pandemic. According to the official figures from the country’s health authorities, 31,454 new cases of infection were registered on Wednesday. The infection numbers are relatively low, taking into account that the country has 1.4 billion inhabitants, but under the very strict infection control regime, even small outbreaks lead to entire cities being closed down, while contacts of infection are placed in strict quarantine. The previous peak was 29,930 cases in one day and came in mid-April. At the time, Shanghai, the country’s most populous city, was completely shut down, and the city’s 25 million inhabitants struggled to buy food and access healthcare



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