Dozens of workers have broken out of Apple's largest assembly site in Zhengzhou, China. Videos shared online allegedly claim that employees of Foxconn's iPhone factory are escaping due to zero Covid lockdown.
Workers were seen carrying their bags and stuff while sneaking out of the iPhone factory and walking toward their hometowns located about 100 kilometres away.
Workers have broken out of #Apple’s largest assembly site, escaping the Zero #Covid lockdown at Foxconn in #Zhengzhou. After sneaking out, they’re walking to home towns more than 100 kilometres away to beat the Covid app measures designed to control people and stop this. #China pic.twitter.com/NHjOjclAyU
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) October 30, 2022
China imposed strict measures and lockdowns in 28 cities across the country including Wuhan, where the first COVID-19 case was reported in 2019, and Zhengzhou city. China imposed a surprising lockdown on Oct. 24 as part of its zero Covid lockdown policy, days after reporting over 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases, BBC reported.
Another clip believed to be taken from Disney theme park in Shanghai was also shared showing visitors and workers trapped inside the resort after the lockdown announcement in the Chinese capital. Authorities only allow people who test negative for COVID-19 out of the theme park.
Thousands are trapped inside #Shanghai #Disney and are not allowed to exit until they’re tested negative 3 times.
— Dean of Deen (@Mulut_Cabai) November 1, 2022
So in the last 24 hours, China has:
- Locked down over 230 million people
- Trapped visitors at a Disney theme park
-Caused employees to flee an Apple factory pic.twitter.com/54Qd4LoSBl
An unverified video shows people inside small plastic boxes after they allegedly tested positive for coronavirus in one of the Chinese cities. According to the reports, people who are locked inside the plastic cases are waiting to be transferred to quarantine camps.
The first ever COVID-19 case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, despite warnings and health measures it spread rapidly and announced a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) killing over 6,500 million people according to the latest statics by Worldometer.
