China’s COVID resurgence spurs new curbs, Foxconn imposes restrictions

SHANGHAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) – China’s escalating COVID-19 resurgence has spurred authorities and companies, including key iPhone manufacturer Foxconn (2317.TW), to ramp up measures to contain outbreaks, disrupting production and throwing business events into confusion. China reported on Monday 5,496 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for Nov. 6, the highest since May 2, when the country’s commercial capital of Shanghai was put under a crushing lockdown amid its worst outbreak. Since October, disruptions to the world’s second-largest economy have picked up pace across the country – from central Henan province to Guangdong in the south – as Omicron infections spread….