Foxconn raises bonuses for workers at COVID curb-hit iPhone plant

Key Apple suppliers grapple with disruption as some workers flee restrictions

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Foxconn says it is working with authorities in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou to maintain production of Apple iPhones and limit the risk of a wider COVID-19 outbreak.   © Reuters

CISSY ZHOU and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG/TAIPEI -- Key Apple supplier Foxconn is sharply increasing attendance bonuses for workers at its iPhone production facility in Zhengzhou, China, after some workers fled the site following an outbreak of COVID-19 over the weekend.

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