Apple-supplier Foxconn sees Covid-hit China plant back at full output by late December

Company initiates recruitment drive in bid to boost production after worker unrest at Zhengzhou plant in November saw production fall more than 30%

Protesters face off against security personnel in the factory compound operated by Foxconn, which runs the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province.

Apple supplier Foxconn expects its Covid-hit Zhengzhou plant in China to resume full production around late December to early January, a Foxconn source said, after worker unrest last month disrupted the world's biggest iPhone factory.

The world's largest contract electronics maker said revenue in November fell 11.4% year on year, reflecting production problems related to Covid controls at the major iPhone factory.