Apple supplier warns of production shutdown without Taiwan vaccine increaseAn Apple supplier executive said that more vaccines were needed to avert the issue.
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An Apple supplier executive has warned of an impending disaster in Taiwan.
They say that if the majority of Taiwan's population does not receive the COVID vaccine soon companies may be forced to halt production.
Chip testing service King Yuan Electronics has already reportedly been forced to shut down for two days.
An executive at one of Apple's suppliers in Taiwan has warned that if more people in the country do not receive COVID vaccines "more and more companies" may be forced to halt production.
From Nikkei Asia:
A leading Taiwanese semiconductor supplier will suspend all domestic production for two days after reporting a COVID infection cluster, risking the continuity of the island's crown-jewel chip supply chain at a time of a global shortage.
King Yuan Electronics, the world's leading chip testing service provider, said it will suspend production at sites i...
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Apple supplier warns of production shutdown without Taiwan vaccine increase
