More than 150 staff at a Foxconn India manufacturing unit that makes iPhones for Apple Inc had been hospitalised for meals poisoning this week, however virtually all have now been discharged, the district authorities mentioned on Saturday.”There was an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal illness reported among the many Foxconn staff,” the assertion from the Thiruvallur district administration mentioned.It mentioned 256 staff had been handled as out-patients and 159 had been hospitalised, of whom 155 have already been discharged.Foxconn didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.It was not clear whether or not the incident would disrupt manufacturing on the plant in Sriperumbudur, which is on the outskirts of Chennai.Most of the Taiwanese producer’s staff in India are ladies.(Edited by : Vijay Anand)First Published: Dec 18, 2021, 03:43 PM IST
Iphone Assembly Firm Foxconn’S Employees Hospitalised Over Food Poisoning
