Now, Apple ’s senior vice president of retail and personnel, Deirdre O’Brien, revealed in an internal memorandum that Apple retail stores outside Greater China are expected to resume operations in early April. .
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01 Apple retail stores outside Greater China are expected to resume operations in early April
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02 Apple will extend home office arrangements to at least April 5
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03 The timetable for the return of Apple retail stores is much earlier than many public health experts suggest
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04 Trump is working to push the United States to lift the ban and resume business operations before Easter on April 12
March 25, according to foreign media reports, due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, Apple closed all retail stores outside Greater China a few days ago for a duration of “until further notice.” Now, Apple ’s senior vice president of retail and personnel, Deirdre O’Brien, revealed in an internal memorandum that Apple retail stores outside Greater China are expected to resume operations in early April. .
O’Brien said that Apple plans to reopen physical retail stores in batches instead of resuming operations at the same time. However, it is unclear which retail stores will reopen and in which countries they will open. Although Apple has closed retail stores in multiple regions, during the new coronavirus outbreak, the company continued to offer online ordering and free home delivery, and even launched new products such as the iPad Pro and MacBook Air.
Earlier this month, Apple closed all of its 458 stores outside China and urged its employees to work from home as a measure to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. O’Brien has notified Apple employees in a memo that the company will extend home office arrangements to at least April 5 and will re-evaluate these arrangements weekly based on where employees work.
Apple spokesman declined to comment on the memo. The timetable for the resumption of business of Apple retail stores is much earlier than many public health experts have suggested, and they think the outbreak is very seriousIt may last until April. Because of this, Apple may maintain its strict cleaning and disinfection and other precautionary measures in its retail stores.
However, U.S. health officials still warn that premature resumption of normal operations will leave the population and hospitals unprepared for a surge in new cases of coronavirus infection, which could result in hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of deaths.
After several weeks of blockade measures, President Trump said this week that closing businesses to fight the outbreak is a more dangerous response than the virus itself, and he believes that the new coronavirus is similar to influenza and cannot be completely avoided. To this end, Trump is working to push the United States to lift the ban and resume business operations before Easter on April 12.