The Foxconn group, an electronics giant from Taiwan, closed one of its factories on Monday.
This is the technology center located in Shenzhen, a city in southern China.
In question: a major epidemic rebound of the coronavirus in the country, reports BFMTV.
Foxconn is a major Apple supplier and iPhone maker.
The Shenzhen company is the largest factory owned by the group in the world.
It employs tens of thousands of people.
A spike in the number of cases
The duration of the plant closure has not been specified.
It could only last a few days.
Factories can continue their activities provided they create a sanitary bubble, in particular by letting employees sleep on site and cutting off contact with the public.
As in nine other cities in China, Shenzhen is facing an outbreak of cases, in particular of the Omicron variant.
Dozens of deaths are recorded every day.
Authorities reported 2,300 new cases of Covid-19 in the country on Monday and 3,400 the day before, the highest daily figure for two years.
A situation that has plunged the stock market.
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