Coronavirus is affecting all the sectors including the technology. In view of increasing corona cases, the Tech giant Apple has temporarily closed all 53 stores in California in the US and over a dozen in London.
According to a report in 9to5Mac, US-based tech giant has temporarily closed every single retail store in California, many more across the US, both stores in Mexico, both stores in Brazil, and is about to close 16 additional stores across the UK. In a statement company said,"Due to current corona conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas."
The US remains the nation hit the worst by the pandemic, with the world's highest caseload and death toll, accounting for more than 18 per cent of the global deaths. At least 1,422 new coronavirus deaths and 179,801 new cases were reported in the United States on Dec. 20. Over the past week, there has been an average of 216,070 cases per day, an increase of 10 percent from the average two weeks earlier.
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