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COVID-19 forces Apple to shut its stores again

Covid-19 took the world by storm when the World Health Organization declared as a worldwide pandemic. Taking the lives and billions and plunging the world into chaos caused us tremendous grief and economic losses.

However, the world is finally gearing up to test the vaccines, and they will be launching the vaccine for global usage soon. But even if the world is on the verge of receiving the vaccines, the threat of COVID is still real, and it still exists. As such, a tragedy has struck in Apple’s retail stores in California and the United Kingdom.

Apple Inc. temporarily closed all of its retail stores across California and those in the greater London area hit by a new lockdown and other markets that have seen a surge in Covid-19 cases. The Cupertino giant stated that it’s closing all 53 locations across the Golden State, a day after saying it would shut its stores in the Los Angeles area. However, the company didn’t state when it will reopen.

Apple was aiming to top $100 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time on sales of the iPhone 12, its latest iPads, and new Apple Watches. The festive season was a perfect opportunity for the Cupertino giant to increase its sales. But unfortunately, the pandemic seems to cause a delay for the company’s plans.

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“Due to current Covid-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas. We take this step with an abundance of caution as we closely monitor the situation, and we look forward to having our teams and customers back as soon as possible.”

California state passed the 1.8 million mark on Saturday, when it added 43,608 new infections and 272 deaths, for a total of 22,432 fatalities. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a full lockdown on London and southeast England in an attempt to stop a new coronavirus strain from spreading rapidly over the country.

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Nivedita Bangari
Nivedita Bangari
I am a software engineer by profession and technology is my love, learning and playing with new technologies is my passion.
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