New York, New York – September 20: Apple Paul CEO Tim Cook congratulates customers on the reopening of Apple Paul’s flagship Apple Fifth Avenue retail store on September 20, 2019 in New York City.
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Apple Play has temporarily closed all 53 of its retail stores in California after the number of coronavirus cases in its home state reached a new daily record this week. The list of stores on the phone manufacturer’s website reflects the change, which does not affect the border states of Arizona and Nevada.
The move shows how a large tech company is trying to reduce the spread of the virus to employees and customers despite potential business influence.
A spokesman for Apple Paul told CNBC. “Due to the current Covid-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas,” he said in an email. “We are taking this step with caution as we are closely monitoring the situation and we expect our teams and customers to return as soon as possible.”
Customers repaired by Genius Bar over the next few days can still pick up existing orders and products, the spokesman said.
Apple Play has temporarily closed its stores in the Los Angeles area after a day, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Said the state The intensive care unit beds in Southern California were exhausted.
California on Wednesday said it has 53,711 new Covid-19 cases, breaking the record set of 35,7૨7 on Sunday.
Four of the state’s five geographical regions are currently sticking to house orders, allowing retail stores to operate indoors at 20% capacity. Entry metering must be applied in stores, and no meeting or drinking is allowed.
In March, the virus spread to the U.S. Apple said it would close all stores outside China by March 27. Some U.S. Stores have reopened for curbside service, and in early summer Apple introduced more U.S. Stores have closed as a number of cases. Jumped.
Luca Maistry, the company’s chief financial officer, said in April that the store’s closure had affected Apple’s C Palcare support business this year.
An Apple spokesman said customers could make purchases, get product support and find store information on the company’s website.
– CNBC’s Keef Lessing contributes to this report.
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