China closes zone around iPhone factory after virus cases

China closes zone around iPhone factory after virus cases
A medical worker collects a sample from a man at a coronavirus testing site (Andy Wong/AP)

Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou has been suspended after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple iPhones left their factory following outbreaks.

The announcement did not say whether the isolation of the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone was related to cases at the Foxconn factory. It gave no indication of what prompted the closure.

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