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  • China Orders 51 Million Into Lockdown as COVID Surges

    03/14/2022 3:33:12 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 30 replies
    ABC News ^ | March 14, 2022 | Britt Clennett and Karson Yiu
    Chinese officials on Monday reported 1,437 cases across dozens of cities.China is facing its worst COVID crisis since early 2020, when the world first witnessed an entire population locked down to contain the coronavirus in Wuhan and its surrounding province. Two years on, it's now sending tens of millions of people into lockdown in the entire northeastern province of Jilin, where 24 million people live, and the southern cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan, with 17.5 million and 10 million, respectively. China, the last major country to relentlessly pursue a Covid-zero policy, reported 1,437 cases across dozens of cities on Monday....
  • Apple supplier Foxconn suspends iPhone production in Shenzhen - as 17 million people in the Chinee tech hub city are locked down due to COVID outbreak

    03/14/2022 3:09:41 PM PDT · by algore · 9 replies
    Chinese tech manufacturer Foxconn has halted production of Apple products at its factory in Shenzhen, after 17 million people were put in a new covid lockdown. Restrictions on movement were spread across Shanghai and other major cities to combat an outbreak challenging the nation's zero-tolerance Covid strategy. Shenzhen, a major technology hub, imposed its measures on Sunday, to counter an Omicron outbreak in factories and neighbourhoods linked to nearby Hong Kong, which is recording scores of daily deaths due to the virus running rampant. Foxconn, based in the tech hub, suspended all operations as the restrictions mean all non-essential businesses...