I-coronavirus isemilebeni yomntu wonke, ibangela ithiyori eyahlukileyo, eyona ibalulekileyo yeyonanto ichaza ukuba urhulumente wase-China uqobo uyenzile le ntsholongwane ukunciphisa inani labemi. Eyona nto kugxilwe kuyo yile ntsholongwane iseWuhan, apho abantu abali-132 sele beswelekile kwaye bangaphezulu kwama-6.000 abantu ababhalisiweyo.
Ngexesha lokugqibela lokuboniswa kweziphumo zoqoqosho zika-Apple, uTim Cook uqinisekisile ukuba ukwenziwa kwezixhobo zakhe ngekhe kuchaphazele naliphi na ixesha yi-coronavirus, kwaye baqhubeke nokuvala okwethutyana iVenkile ye-Apple kweli ukongeza ukunciphisa ukuhamba kwenkampani ukuya eTshayina
Iwebhusayithi ka-Apple e-China ihlaziyiwe kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukunika ingxelo nge-Apple ukuvalwa okwethutyana kweeApple Stores ezimbini. Sithetha ngeVenkile yeApple yeWonder kwiSixeko saseNaning kunye neVenkile yeApple iTahoe Plaza eFuzhou, iivenkile eziza kuhlala zivaliwe de kube nguFebruwari 2. Zombini ezi venkile zikwiivenkile ezinkulu, amaziko okuthenga athe avale iingcango zawo ngelizama ukunqanda ukwanda kwentsholongwane.
I-Apple ixhomekeke kakhulu kubathengisi becandelo laseTshayina, ezinye zazo zisekwe ngaphakathi naseWuhan. I-Apple ibango ube nesicwangciso B ukuba isalathiso sentsholongwane asiyeki kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezizayo, kwaye iifektri ezikuloo ndawo ziyaqhubeka nokuvalwa, ukuze ukuthengisa kungachaphazeleki kukungabikho kweemveliso zazo.
UFoxconn ukhuphe ingxelo izolo esithi wenze onke amalungiselelo ayimfuneko gcwalisa yonke imiyalelo yabathengi bakho ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka. Kuya kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba iFoxconn ayisebenzi kwiApple kuphela, kodwa nakwiGoogle, iMicrosoft, iAmazon, iHP zezinye zezona zinto zixabisekileyo kubathengi bayo kunye nabavelisi abahlukeneyo abanjengoNokia, uSony kunye neSamsung, nangona eyokugqibela iye kwinqanaba elincinci.