I-coronavirus isezindebeni zawo wonke umuntu, idala imibono ehlukene, okugqame kakhulu yilokho okukhomba iqiniso lokuthi uhulumeni waseChina uqobo udale leli gciwane ukunciphisa inani labantu. Ukugxila kwaleli gciwane kuseWuhan, lapho sekufe abantu abangu-132 futhi kunamacala angaphezu kuka-6.000 abhalisiwe.
Ngesikhathi kwethulwa okokugcina imiphumela yezomnotho yakwa-Apple, uTim Cook ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ukwenziwa kwamadivayisi akhe ngeke kuthinteke nganoma yisiphi isikhathi yi-coronavirus, nokuthi baqhubeke nokuvala i-Apple Store okwesikhashana ezweni ngaphezu kwe ukunciphisa izinkampani ezihambela eChina
Iwebhusayithi yakwa-Apple eChina ivuselelwe emahoreni ambalwa edlule ukubika umbiko we ukuvalwa kwesikhashana kwama-Apple Stores amabili. Sikhuluma nge-Apple Store Wonder City eNaning nase-Apple Store Tahoe Plaza eFuzhou, izitolo ezizohlala zivaliwe kuze kube nguFebhuwari 2. Zombili lezi zitolo zitholakala ezinxanxatheleni zezitolo, ezikhungweni zezitolo ezivale iminyango yazo ngomzamo wokunqanda ukubhebhetheka kwaleli gciwane.
I-Apple ithembele kakhulu kubahlinzeki bezinto baseChina, abanye babo abakhelwe ngaphakathi naseWuhan. U-Apple uthi yiba nohlelo B uma inkomba yegciwane ingapheli emasontweni ambalwa ezayo, futhi amafemu akuleyo ndawo aqhubeka nokuvalwa, ukuze ukuthengisa kungathinteki ngokungatholakali kwemikhiqizo yabo.
UFoxconn ukhiphe isitatimende izolo esiveze ukuthi wenze wonke amalungiselelo adingekayo uku gcwalisa yonke imiyalo yamakhasimende akho ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka. Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi iFoxconn ayisebenzeli i-Apple kuphela, kepha futhi neGoogle, iMicrosoft, iAmazon, i-HP ngamanye amaklayenti ayo abaluleke kakhulu kanye nabakhiqizi bama-smartphone abahlukahlukene abanjengoNokia, iSony ne-Samsung, yize lokhu kwenzeka kancane.