NOEMI LARDIZABAL-DADO
With no proven cure in sight, the race is on to find a treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Meanwhile, the fatalities, the confirmedcases and disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak continues. The impact on the tech industry is being predicted in a new report by TrendForce, a supply chain analytics provider. TrendForce’s investigation range from semiconductors, memory products, panels, telecommunications, green energy to consumer electronics and automobiles. The Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest phone show, is no longer taking place this year because of coronavirus concerns. Aside from having a material impact on Apple’s bottom line, a “worldwide iPhone supply would be temporarily constrained.”