Apple on Friday asked personnel at its Silicon Valley headquarters to operate from household if attainable as a “precaution,” a spokesman verified to Reuters.Officials in Santa Clara County, in which Apple’s 12,000-man or woman Apple Park campus is found, had before requested massive businesses to take into account inquiring workers to telecommute and discover other means of restricting shut get in touch with. There have been 20 verified scenarios of the coronavirus in the county as of March 5, health and fitness officials mentioned.Apple is also inquiring workforce in the Seattle region to function from household. In California, its Santa Clara County retail suppliers continue to be open up, a spokesman mentioned.Apple very last month said the unfold of the virus in China would trigger it to skip profits targets for the quarter ending in March and cause Iphone shortages.© Thomson Reuters 2020