Apple supplier Foxconn has suspended its operations in the tech hub, the company said Monday. "Meanwhile, we have required all the employees to have Covid PCR test on top of existing prevention measures to ensure the health and safety of our employees," the company said.
It stated that the decision has been made to comply with the local government's new Covid-19 policy. News agency Reuters quoted company officials as saying that Foxconn and its subsidiaries' operations in Shenzhen would be suspended for the first half of the week.
The company has two major plants in Longhua Science Park and Guanlan Science Park in Shenzhen. One of the people said the government was allowing companies to operate if they could create a "closed management" system where employees would live and work in a bubble.
Such a system was in place during the Beijing Winter Olympics. Along with Foxcoxx, automakers Toyota and Volkswagen were also forced to shut some operations, raising concerns over supply chain disruptions.