Cities near to the Foxconn plant have drawn up plans to isolate migrant workers who are returning to home

Cities in central China have hastily drawn up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their hometowns from the world’s largest iPhone factory, amid fears they will spread a coronavirus outbreak from Zhengzhou where the Foxconn plant is based.

The city, capital of central Henan province, reported 167 locally transmitted Covid cases in the seven days to 29 October, up from 97 infections in the previous seven-day period.

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