Apple Inc explained late on Friday it will close all its retail merchants, besides people in Larger China, for the subsequent two months to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission.

We will be closing all of our retail shops outdoors of Better China right up until March 27,” Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner wrote in a letter posted on the firm’s web page.”In all of our workplaces, we are transferring to flexible perform arrangements globally outdoors of Greater China,” he added.

That usually means staff members really should function remotely if their job lets.”Apple reopened all 42 of its branded shops in China on Friday.

The firm’s donations to the worldwide coronavirus response, to support address people who are ill and to help reduce the economic and local community impacts, achieved $15 million on Friday, Prepare dinner wrote in the letter.

A lot more than 138,000 people have been infected worldwide and above 5,000 have died, in accordance to a Reuters tally of federal government announcements.