The context for this (which Apple of course wants to avoid shining too much light on) is this: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-cities-brace-wave-fox

The context for this (which Apple of course wants to avoid shining too much light on) is this: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-cities-brace-wave-foxconn-workers-covid-hit-zhengzhou-2022-10-30/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinese-cities-brace-wav... A combination of isolation of the manufacturing site, lockdown of the surrounding region, and some number of workers gone.