Inkampani yaseCupertino ikhiqiza yonke (noma iningi layo) lemikhiqizo yayo eChina, isidlakela sase-Asia. Kangangokuthi kumadivayisi amaningi singakuthola ukusayina "Kuklanywe yi-Apple eCalifornia, kuhlanganiswe eChina". Abagcini nje ngokukugwema ukukufihla, kepha bayakuqhakambisa, ngoba kungamampunge ukuphika ukuthi iChina nayo yenza imikhiqizo ehamba phambili emkhakheni ngamunye, yize abanye abantu abangenalwazi bafuna sikholelwe ukuthi kwenziwa kuphela imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphansi. Noma kunjalo, IFoxconn inomgogodla wokusebenza kwayo eChina futhi ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo yakwa-Apple kuyathinteka yi-coronavirus.
Okwamanje, abasebenzi bomkhumbi abatholakala ku- Shenzhen bazisiwe ukuthi akufanele babuyele emisebenzini yabo:
Ukuvikela impilo nokuphepha kwawo wonke umuntu, ngokubambisana nezinyathelo ezithathwe nguhulumeni, sicela ukuthi ungabuyeli emsebenzini ngemuva kwamaholide kaNcibijane. Sizokugcina unolwazi ngezindaba. Inkampani izophatha ukuvikela amalungelo nezintshisekelo zabo bonke abasebenzi bayo.
Ngokombono, phakathi naleli sonto ifektri eseShenzhen kwakufanele "ivulwe kabusha", kepha uhulumeni uyenqabile imvume edingekayo ngokusho Reuters, cishe into efanayo eyenzeka efektri Zhengzhou, lapho kusebenza kuphela i-10% yabasebenzi nemishini. Lokhu kulindeleke ukuthi kuthinte imikhiqizo ye-Apple ehlanganiswe kulezi zikhungo zomsebenzi, noma kunjalo, yize i-MWC isiseduze, lezi zinsuku azikho kakhulu ngokuthengisa kwenkampani. Khonamanjalo, uhulumeni wasesiqiwini esikhulu sase-Asia uyaqhubeka nokuqinisekisa impilo yabasebenzi, izinto zokuqala kuqala.