Abakwa-Apple banqume ukuvala zonke izitolo zakwa-Apple eziseChina ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, izitolo azange zivulwe ngokujwayelekile kuze kube sekupheleni kukaMashi. Ngemuva kwenyanga kumenyezelwe ukuvalwa kwawo wonke ama-Apple Stores eChina, labo abaseCupertino bamemezela ukuthi bavala zonke ezinye i-Apple Stores emhlabeni wonke, isinyathelo esikhuthazwe ukuzama misa ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus.
Kusukela ngosuku, sekudlule isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga, wonke ama-Apple Stores angaphandle kweChina avaliwe ngokuphelele, ukuba isitolo esiku-inthanethi, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuthenga imikhiqizo ye-Apple emazweni lapho itholakala khona. Inhloso ka-Apple kwakuwukuqala ukuvula izitolo maphakathi no-Ephreli, usuku okusho ukuthi ngokusho kwezindaba zakamuva olusemthethweni, kepha hhayi emhlabeni wonke.
Okwamanje sesivele sazi ukuthi yisiphi futhi nini iSitolo se-Apple esingaphandle kweChina esizovula iminyango yaso, yebo, sizokwenza lokho ngendlela elinganiselwe futhi ukugxila enkonzweni yokulungisa noku-oda okukhethiwe. I-Apple Garogusil, eSeoul (South Korea) kuzoba yisitolo sokuqala se-Apple esizovulwa futhi izokwenza lokho ngo-Ephreli 18.
Njengoba kwenzeka eChina, amahora ezitolo azoncishiswa, Abasebenzi bazothatha izinga lokushisa labo bonke abavakashi futhi bazobanikeza amagilavu kanye nemaskhi ukuqinisekisa impilo nokuphepha kwabo bobabili abasebenzi namakhasimende.
Njengoba i-Apple isho esitatimendeni lapho yenze khona lesi simemezelo, kuphephile ngokwanele ukuvula isitolo eSouth Korea, kusukela imizamo yakho yokuthambisa ijika ikhombise inqubekela phambili enkulu. Okwamanje, asilwazi usuku lokuvula lwe-Apple Store olusatshalaliswe emhlabeni wonke. E-United States, umqondo ukuwavula maphakathi noMeyi.