Foxconn has halted operations in the Chinese business center of Shenzhen after authorities announced a partial lockdown due to a rise in COVID-19 cases across the country, fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. In a March 13 statement, a spokesperson for the Taiwan-based Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., said it was suspending production at two campuses in Shenzhen “in compliance with the local government’s new Covid-19 policy.” Foxconn is the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of electronics, and the company supplies components to a number of companies including Apple and Samsung. Its two campuses in Shenzhen are located in Guanlan and Longhua, however the company does the majority of its production at a plant located in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. “Due to our diversified production sites in China, we have adjusted the production line to minimize the potential impact,” Foxconn said. The company, which is owned by Taiwanese …