The epidemic continues to hit all corners of the globe, however, two of the countries where the coronavirus (COVID-19) is suffering the most are being precisely Italy and South Korea. Both states are suffering restrictions on the movement of people and some airlines are even proceeding to cancel their flights to and from these locations. Apple, which prefers prevention to cure, has chosen to take restrictive measures with its employees in these countries as well. From today the employees will not travel to Italy or Korea to carry out work related to the company and other avenues will be promoted.
The Cupertino company has launched a kind of "memorandum" where it gives direct instructions to many of your employees, recommending canceling or postponing planned business trips. In this context of events, the cancellation of the event that was presumably going to take place during the month of March becomes more than likely.
There are many ways to continue managing our meetings and activities through calls and video calls. If we have trips planned, we suggest that you consider with your colleagues delaying or canceling these jobs, or replacing them with virtual meetings.
No employee who is ill, particularly if you have a fever or severe congestion, should return to work until fully recovered from their ailments. It is important to wash your hands and not touch your face.
En Bloomberg have had access to this information and make it clear that Apple is concerned about how the coronavirus may affect its direct workers. We take this opportunity to remind you that if you have any of the symptoms related to the coronavirus, you should not join your job and you should request medical assistance, if you are in Spain, you can dial 112 and contact the authorities who will indicate the steps to follow, continue.