Workers stage protest at virus-hit iPhone factory in China – reports

People with suitcases and bags are seen leaving from a Foxconn compound in Zhengzhou in central China’s Henan Province (Hangpai Xingyang via AP, File)

Workers at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory in China have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls, social media videos have shown.

Footage on Chinese social media purportedly filmed at the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou revealed thousands of people in masks facing rows of police in white protective suits with plastic riot shields.