Foxconn facilities. GETTY The large iPhone factory, Foxconn, has suffered several confinements and in the most recent one dozens of workers have jumped the fences to flee In response, the authorities have confined the entire 415 square kilometer economic area where Foxconn is located The strategy of covid zero has generated discontent at Foxconn and some workers flee to return home China has decreed the confinement of the entire area surrounding the factory, among other products, of the well-known iPhone phones. The authorities have decided to apply the covid zero strategy to the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, an industrial city of 415 square kilometers born around the airport that contains, among many other plants, the giant Foxconn, where Apple outsources the manufacture of some of its products. The total confinement (“static management”, in the words of the statement issued by the authorities) will last in principle for seven days, until November 9. The closure of the entire industrial zone is the response of the authorities to the information and videos broadcast on social networks that showed that there were people jumping the Foxconn fences to escape the confinement of the factory. The discontent among the workers since the covid measures were applied days ago was on the rise, until some decided to leave. Under the new confinement decreed in the industrial area, all the inhabitants of the area are prohibited from leaving and only circulate on the roads to authorized vehicles. In this way, they make it even more difficult for workers to escape, who by leaving Foxconn challenge the objective of controlling the coronavirus that is being achieved through restrictions. The zero covid strategy imposes harsh measures in the face of the appearance of positive cases of SARS-CoV coronavirus -two. Whether it’s a small number or a localized outbreak, the restrictions apply to buildings, neighborhoods or even entire cities. This doctrine, defended by President Xi Jinping, is generating economic problems and considerable discontent, although the latter is difficult to measure in China due to state control of the media.