![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/china-lockdown-sparks-fights-over-food-at-worlds-biggest-iphone-factory/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newspress-collage-20261070-1667040832648.jpg&description=FIGHTS over food have broken out amid starving employees at a huge iPhone factory in China as the country's latest lockdown takes its toll, it is reported. Many of the plant's 200,000 workers have been forced into isolation at Foxconn Technology Group's main factory in Zhengzhou after the Communist Party unleashed new draconian coronavirus restrictions. Workers at the iPhone factory in Zhengzhou - pictured here in 2021 - have reportedly been forced into lockdownCredit: Rex Some 28 cities - including the virus's ground zero Wuhan - are now under a wave of crippling new measures. The plant has been forced into a "closed loop system" after just a handful of Covid cases emerged, a source told Bloomberg. It is understood employees have been barred from leaving the manufacturing campus and undergo regular testing. Cafeterias at the site - dubbed iPhone City - have been closed and those with Covid or too afraid to leave their dormitories have only been handed basics such as bread and instant noodles, insiders told the outlet. They claim scuffles have erupted between employees over food, with only workers on the production lines given meal boxes, it is claimed. Footage shared on Twitter appears to show fed-up workers standing at windows shouting while authorities in hazmat suits can be seen on the ground below. Another clip, reportedly shot at the sites, shows people frantically grabbing boxes and rushing to get away with them amid unverified claims no food was allowed to enter the site for three days. Foxconn, Apple's main manufacturer, described the outbreak as "small" and claimed production between October and December would be unaffected. The Taiwanese company said operations were "relatively stable" and that the needs of employees including "material supply and psychological comfort" had been met, reports the New York Times. This is often a crucial time for the factory - in 2021 about a third of £165billion in iPhone sales happened between the final quarter of the year){kind=link}
FIGHTS over food have broken out amid starving employees at a huge iPhone factory in China as the country’s latest lockdown takes its toll, it is reported.
Many of the plant’s 200,000 workers have been forced into isolation at Foxconn Technology Group’s main factory in Zhengzhou after the Communist Party unleashed new draconian coronavirus restrictions.
Some 28 cities – including the virus’s ground zero Wuhan – are now under a wave of crippling new measures.
The plant has been forced into a “closed loop system” after just a handful of Covid cases emerged, a source told Bloomberg.
It is understood employees have been barred from leaving the manufacturing campus and undergo regular testing.