Foxconn, which assembles Apple’s iPhones, suspends production at factories in Shenzhen, China, because of lockdown.

Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics agency that assembles Apple’s iPhones, mentioned Monday that its factories in Shenzhen, China, would droop operations after the town imposed a seven-day coronavirus lockdown.

Shenzhen borders Hong Kong, which has reported practically 3,780 Covid-19 deaths and practically 700,000 new circumstances since late January. Whereas infections in the remainder of China stay low in contrast with the remainder of the world, the variety of reported circumstances is rising quickly. China’s Nationwide Well being Fee reported 3,122 new circumstances on Sunday, about double the quantity on Saturday and 3 times that on Friday.

Shenzhen, an electronics manufacturing hub with a inhabitants of 17 million, reported 66 new circumstances on Sunday. Will probably be shutting down most companies and public transportation within the metropolis and is requiring nonessential staff to remain residence.

In an announcement, Foxconn mentioned that it had “adjusted the manufacturing line” to different vegetation in China to attenuate any impression and could be requiring all workers to take P.C.R. assessments.

The Shenzhen authorities will decide when the plant, as massive as a midsize metropolis, can reopen, the corporate mentioned.

Shenzhen’s lockdown would possibly disrupt international provide chains. An outbreak within the metropolis final yr held up port operations, inflicting a surge in international transport charges and the costs of many items.