Apple decided to close all Apple Stores located in China at the beginning of February, stores did not reopen normally until the end of March. A month after announcing the closure of all Apple Stores in China, those in Cupertino announced that they were closing the rest of Apple Stores worldwide, a move motivated to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Since the date, more than a month has passed, all Apple Stores outside of China are completely closed, being the online store, the only way to buy Apple products in the countries where it is available. Apple's intention was to start opening stores in mid-April, a date that according to the latest news is official, but not worldwide.
At the moment we already know when and what will be the first Apple Store outside of China that will reopen its doors, yes, it will do so in a limited way and focusing on repair service and order picks. Apple Garogusil, in Seoul (South Korea) will be the first Apple store to open and will do so on April 18.
As it happened in China, the store hours will be reduced, The employees will take the temperature of all the visitors and will give them gloves and a mask to ensure the health and safety of both employees and clients.
As Apple has stated in the statement in which it has made this announcement, it is safe enough to open a store in South Korea, since your efforts to flatten the curve have shown great progress. At the moment, we do not know the opening date of the Apple Store distributed in the rest of the world. In the United States, the idea is to open them in mid-May.
