Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, kwaqhamuka umphathi we-Apple uTim Cook, ephethe isihenqo noma isifihla-buso sobuso, echaza ukuthi bazicwilise ngokuphelele ekwenzeni lezi zinto ukuze bakwazi ukuzithumela ezikhungweni zezempilo ezazintula okokusebenza. Yebo, ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kuyaqinisekiswa ukuthi i-Apple ithunyelwe Izihlangu zobuso eziyizigidi eziyi-7,5 yalolu hlobo lwezindlu zangasese emhlabeni wonke, yize kuyiqiniso ukuthi iMelika ibizothatha iningi lalezi zikrini zobuso kunjalo.
Lezi zindaba zifike ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela lapho bebeshicilela khona imiphumela yezezimali yale Q2 lapho i-Apple ithole khona irekhodi lemali engenayo yomlando ngezinsizakalo zabo. Ngaphezu kwalezi zikrini ezivikelayo, i-Apple ichaze ukuthi isicelo sokutholwa kweCovid-19 phakathi kwabasebenzisi silandwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili, nokuthi izivakashi eziyingqayizivele ezibalelwa ezi-3 zifinyelele kuhlobo lwewebhu ukuthola nokwabelana ngolwazi.
Ngaphezu kokwakha nokuthumela lezi zimaski zobuso, inkampani iphinde yathenga kubahlinzeki bayo futhi yanikela ngezifihla buso ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20 nge Ukuvikelwa okuqinisekisiwe kwe-N95 yabasebenzi bezempilo emhlabeni jikelele. La maski abalulekile kulabo abavelele kakhulu ekutholeni izinkontileka zeCovid-19 emsebenzini wabo. Kuyacaca ukuthi i-Apple uqobo nezinye izinkampani zobuchwepheshe zitshale izigidi zamarandi ukulwa naleli gciwane elithinta umhlaba wonke futhi lokhu ngokungangabazeki kuyisenzo sokubabonga bonke.
