BEIJING: The world's largest iPhone factory in central China told staff on Tuesday it would quadruple their bonuses if they remained at the plant after scores of workers fled a coronavirus outbreak at the facility.

China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines in a bid to stamp out emerging outbreaks.

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