Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi i-coronavirus imenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni njengobhadane yi-WHO, i-Apple savala i-Apple Store ngayinye eyayisavulekile ngaphandle kwe-China, ukuvimbela izitolo zayo ukuthi zinganikeli ekusabalaleni kwe-COVID-19. Kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kukaMeyi, ekuqaleni kukaJuni, lapho izitolo zakwa-Apple zavulwa khona futhi.
Kodwa-ke, ukuqubuka kwe-coronavirus lokho zitholakale zombili e-Australia njengase-United States, baphoqa inkampani esekwe eCupertino ukuthi vala kabusha izitolo babezoqala ukubuyela kufayela le- okusha okujwayelekile. Kuze kube izolo isibalo sezitolo ezivaliwe eMelika besingama-80.
Namuhla sivuka ngezindaba ze ukuvalwa kwama-Apple Stores ayi-11, okwenza ingqikithi yama-91 inani lama-Apple Stores avaliwe e-United States kuphela futhi okumele sifake kuwo ama-5 abevaliwe kuleli sonto e-Australia ngesizathu esifanayo. Izitolo ezintsha eziyi-11 ezivalwe i-Apple zitholakala eCalifornia, Maryland, Ohio naseTennessee.
Okwamanje kubonakala sengathi izindlela zokuphepha nezenhlanzeko i-Apple ezithathe ezitolo zayo, bagcina i-coronavirus bay. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akwenzeki kwamanye amadolobha, lapho i-coronavirus iphinde yande khona, iphoqa amazwe ukuthi amemezele, futhi, ukuvalwa kwesikhashana kwemisebenzi engadingekile namabhizinisi.
Okwamanje kubonakala sengathi izinyathelo zokuvimbela abasebenzisi abazithathayo emazweni amaningi, ziyasebenza impela kanye nokuqubuka okutholwayo, ezindaweni ezingomakhelwane nasemadolobheni, kulawulwa ngokushesha yiziphathimandla zezempilo, kuzihlukanisa ngokuphelele lezi zindawo ezisendaweni ebazungezile, kubandakanya nabantu abahlala khona.
