Industry — coronavirus

Coronavirus And China Manufacturing: Restarting Production Is Hard The Nikkei Asian Review reported that Apple’s iPhone supplier Foxconn has been advised that its Longhua campus in Shenzhen, China faced a high risk of coronavirus infection, and the company has announced at least another one-week delay in the resumption of production. This is not surprising, as we previously pointed out that many Chinese factories have employees working and living in close quarters, circumstances that are not conducive to stopping the contagion cycle. Nobody wants to take responsibility for restarting work if it turns out that will make the situation worse, as the Nikkei reporters pointed out. We...