By Jake Kanter
Apple Closes Stores Outside China for Two Weeks Because of Coronavirus
14.03.2020 - 16:07 / variety.com
Apple is shutting down its nearly 500 retail stores worldwide outside of China until March 27 in an effort to minimize the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The move was announced late Friday in a statement by CEO Tim Cook. In the Greater China region, where the COVID-19 outbreak first erupted, Apple had shut down its retail stores starting in early February, and had reopened all 42 of them by Friday, March 13.
According to Cook, it learned from its experience in China that “the most
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