Beyond just closing all of its retail stores in Italy, Apple is escalating the special measures it is taking to curb the spread of the coronavirus, including retail staff minimizing physical contact with customers and removing half of the available seating.
The ongoing spread of the coronavirus throughout the world has forced Apple into temporarily closing stores in worst-hit locations, before gradually reopening the outlets with special measures in place to minimize contamination. It seems that some of those same measures seen in China and other locations will be taken in Apple Stores in the United States and other markets yet to be majorly affected by the virus.
According to multiple sources speaking to AppleInsider, Apple will be operating its stores “below capacity,” limiting the number of customers who can enter a store at any time. By restricting the number of customers, this will in theory keep the density of customers down in stores, reducing the chance of contact and virus spread.
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