U-Apple umemezele ukuvalwa kwe-Apple Store eCharleston, eSouth Carolina, nokuvalwa okwenziwe ngemuva kokuthola lokho abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-20 badalulwe ku-COVID-19 kanti abanye bahlolwe benegciwane, ngokusho kwabo baqinisekisa kusuka eBloomberg. Iwebhusayithi yakwa-Apple yalesi sitolo ikhombisa ukuthi sizohlala kanjani sivaliwe kuze kube uMsombuluko ozayo, Agasti 23.
Izitolo ezilingana noCharleston ngokuvamile zinabasebenzi abaphakathi kuka-70 no-80, ngakho-ke uma sinaka ukuthi ikota yabasebenzi okwamanje ayisebenzi ngenxa yokuchayeka nokutheleleka nge-COVID, kuyaqondakala ukuthi U-Apple uqhubeke nokuvala isitolo.
Qasha abasebenzi abengeziwe ukugcwalisa igebe labasebenzi, Kubonakala kungeyona inketho ngoba ngenxa ye-coronavirus, kunzima ukuthola abasebenzi abafuna ukusebenzela umphakathi, hhayi eCharleston kuphela, kodwa nakwamanye amadolobha ase-United States. Ukwehluka okusha okusha kwe-Delta kwe-coronavirus akulona usizo.
Eqinisweni, ngenxa yalokhu okuhlukile, i-Apple ithathe isinqumo khansela izinhlelo zakho zokunikela kabusha Namuhla ngezikhathi ze-Apple mathupha ngo-Agasti 30. NgoJuni odlule, abakwa-Apple banqume ukuyeka ukuthi abasebenzi namakhasimende bafake izifihla-buso ezitolo. Ekupheleni kukaJulayi, lapho okuhlukile kweDelta kuqala ukunweba, i-Apple yanquma ukubuyisela ukusetshenziswa okuyimpoqo kobuso.
Uma okuhlukile kweDelta kuqhubeka nokwanda, kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple izofaka izinyathelo ezincishisayo ku-Apple Store, ukuze unciphise amandla futhi uvikele izitolo ekubeni yimithombo yokusabalala kwe-coronavirus.
Ngokombiko weBloomberg, ezitolo zakwa-Apple zaseMelika. banciphise amahora abo okusebenza.