Coronavirus-linked labor shortages threaten iPhone production: sources

Tech supply chains brace for severe impacts even after holiday ends on Feb. 10

LAULY LI, CHENG TING-FANG and COCO LIU, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI/HONG KONG -- Key Apple suppliers are bracing for severe labor shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak as travel restrictions are expected to keep tens of thousands of workers stranded in their hometowns even after the extended Lunar New Year holiday ends on Feb. 10, multiple sources told the Nikkei Asian Review.

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