Apple Play has temporarily closed more than a dozen stores in California and London alone.

9to5Mac ‘O Michael Steiber Today saw a funny coincidence: The company has temporarily closed every single retail store in California, with many in the US, both stores in Mexico, both stores in Brazil, and 16 additional stores in the UK. That includes about 100 stores, including the company, which closed last week in Germany and the Netherlands, with about a fifth of the company’s locations now closed worldwide, Steiber said.

I checked the full list of Apple Paul stores to confirm, and made sure enough: each California store, all four in Tennessee, three in Utah, all four in Minnesota, two in Oklahoma, stores in Oregon; Anchor, Alaska; Omaha, Nebraska; And Albuquerque, New Mexico are all closed this coming week – as well as 16 additional stores in the UK, Mexico and Brazil starting tomorrow, December 20th.

It’s not hard to imagine why stores are reopening, especially in California where COVID-19 has been seen as part of a steady rise for four consecutive weeks and in London where Prime Minister Boris John has just put the city inside. Emergency lockdown is starting from midnight. Apple Play confirmed the summary In a statement, the company said: “Due to the current Covid-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas.” Bloomberg.

Yesterday, California activated its emergency warning system in the SF Bay area for the first time since the epidemic began, sending a direct message to people everywhere to let people know that a stay-at-home order is now in effect.