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June 20, 2020 10:44 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7wJYScNPq3c/apple-re-closes-11-stores-just-weeks-after-re-opening-them
Apple Re-Closes 11 Stores Just Weeks after Re-Opening Them
"Mere weeks after reopening over 100 stores, Apple has announced that it will be closing a number of its locations," reports the International Business Times:Eleven stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina will be closing as of Saturday due to spikes in coronavirus cases in certain communities. The six stores closed in Arizona are the only locations Apple operates in that state... All of the states affected by these closures have been amongst those seeing a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Experts suggest that these regions may be seeing a spike in infections due to the fact that they avoided the worst of the virus's initial spread across the U.S. Florida, in particular, have been singled out as a new potential epicenter for the outbreak. "These are not decisions we rush into," Apple senior vice president Deirdre O'Brien explained as stores began to reopen last month. "And a store opening in no way means that we won't take the preventative step of closing it again should local conditions warrant."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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