Foxconn Pauses Hiring at its Largest Factory in China Due to COVID-19 Apple supplier Foxconn has stopped hiring assembly line workers for its manufacturing facility in Zhengzhou, China, as the local government on Wednesday imposed a seven-day lockdown across the city to curb its latest COVID-19 outbreak — reports the South China Morning Post . The city recorded four new COVID-19 cases and 10 new asymptomatic carriers of the virus, and, as a result, announced a citywide lockdown that will remain in effect from Wednesday, May 4, to Tuesday, May 10. Often referred to as “iPhone City,” Zhengzhou is home...