Indian Foxconn factory sees its output half amid surging COVID-19 rates
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What you need to know Apple iPhone production at Foxconn`s Indian plant is down more than half according to a new report.. Workers are unable to continue manufacturing devices due to surging COVID-19 rates. The plant is in one of the worst-hit parts of India. As India continues to grapple with a huge COVID-19 surge in the country, a new report notes workers are being sent home from a local Foxconn factory after being infected with the virus. As a result, iPhone manufacturing output has more than halved, the report says. According to Reuters, more than 100 Foxconn employees have tested positive for COVID-19 with the facility`s location in the southern state of Tamil Nadu also notable – it`s one of the worst-hit states in India. `Employees are only allowed to leave but not to enter the facility since yesterday,` the person said. `Only a small part of output is being kept.` More than 50% of the plant`s capacity had been cut, both sources said, declining to be named as t...