Once again, Apple stores in the United Kingdom are completely closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and following Apple's own guidelines in this regard, close at the slightest problem to prevent the spread of the damn virus. So each and every one of the stores in the country are closed right now no option to express store, customer service, or anything like it.
For now and until further notice these stores will remain closed like the rest of the shops, making it another hard blow for trade in the country.
The closure is scheduled for seven weeks
And this is not a one or two week shutdown, It will be seven weeks that Apple stores in the country remain with the blind down so there is no other option than online support or purchases through the Apple website.
The country will be closed during this time and you can only go outside to go to work or perform essential tasks. A total closure that will undoubtedly affect the country's economy just when it exceed 50.000 daily cases of contagion by COVID-19, saturating the country's hospitals with the problems that this entails.
Users who have to return any of the products purchased in the United Kingdom and who enter into the returns campaign for after the holidays, will be able to do so when the stores reopen, so Apple has already officially confirmed that the term is extended without problem.