Big city almost on lockdown after record Covid cases and iPhone worker protests
HONG KONG — The Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world's largest Apple iPhone factory, was largely shut down on Thursday amid a growing Covid outbreak, as China reported more new cases across the country than at any other time during the pandemic. In the previous 24 hours, the number of new Covid cases in China rose by 31,444, the National Health Commission said, surpassing a record previously set during the two-month lockdown in Shanghai last spring. China has also reported six new virus deaths since the weekend, the first in six months, as it battles nationwide outbreaks caused…
