Kuthe phakathi ku-Matshi, uMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO) wabhengeza i-coronavirus ubhubhane wehlabathi, uninzi lweenkampani bagodusa bonke abasebenzi babo, ukuze baqhubeke nokwenza umsebenzi wabo kamnandi ekhaya ngaphandle kokuya kwiiofisi. I-Apple yenye yeenkampani ezininzi ezenzileyo.
Phantse iinyanga ezi-4 kamva, e-United States (ngenxa yokusebenza ngokuzimeleyo kukarhulumente ngamnye), i-coronavirus iza kwaye ihambe, nangona kwezinye iindawo ezinje ngeSixeko saseNew York, kubonakala ngathi iqale phantsi kolawulo, kodwa lonke ilizwe. NgokukaBloomberg, oko I-Apple ihlengahlengisa umsebenzi kwiimeko zelizwe ngalinye / ingingqi nganye.
E-United States, iApple yazise abasebenzi bayo ukuba ayikucingi ukubuyela ngokupheleleyo ezi-ofisini phambi kokuphela konyaka. Nangona kunjalo, kuzo zombini iYurophu neAsia, iApple iceba ukuqala kwakhona ukusebenza kwesiqhelo kwiinyanga ezizayo kuxhomekeka kwimeko yalapha, zombini iiofisi kunye neevenkile ezibonakalayo.
Ukongeza kwiiofisi, njengoko iintsuku zihamba, inani leVenkile yeApple leyo ukuvala iingcango zayo ngenxa yokuqhambuka kwe-coronavirus luyanda. NgoMgqibelo kuvalwe iiVenkile ezintsha zakwa-Apple kumazwe aliqela, kwaza kwenziwa iiVenkile ezingama-91 ezisele zivaliwe e-United States kuphela.
iapile ikhuthaza abasebenzi bevenkile ezigcina umzimba zivaliwe ukuba zibhalise kwiNkqubo ye-Apple Retail kwiKhaya, ukusebenza ekhaya ngevidiyo ekwabelwana ngayo phakathi kwabasebenzi kule mpelaveki iphelileyo. Kule vidiyo, intloko yevenkile ebonakalayo, u-O'Brien uthi:
Eli ayilo liva esifuna ukuba nalo kubaxumi bethu. Ke sifuna ngokwenene ukuqiniseka ukuba siyahamba apho bakhoyo abathengi bethu, ukubanceda ngeli xesha linzima. Njengoko uyazi, abantu baxhomekeke kakhulu kwizixhobo zabo, ngakumbi ngoku.
Iposi leBloomberg ihambelana nokubhengezwa kukarhulumente waseCalifornia, yokubuyela umva okukhulu kwinkqubo yayo yokuvula kwakhona ngenxa yokonyuka kwe-COVID-19. ICarlifonia iyalele ukuba kuvalwe kwilizwe lonke iivenkile zokutyela, iivenkile zewayini, iithiyetha zemidlalo bhanyabhanya, ii-zoo, iiarcade kunye nemivalo. Kwezona ndawo zibi kakhulu, iCalifornia izakuvala iindawo zokwenza umthambo ngaphakathi, iindawo zonqulo, iiofisi ezingabalulekanga, iindawo zokulungisa iinwele, iivenkile zokucheba iinwele kunye namaziko okuthenga.
