For a little over a week, the Cupertino boys began to return to open some of the different Apple Store that the company has distributed in Asian territory, although with a limited schedule from 11 in the morning to 6 in the afternoon. All users who visit the stores must wear a mask and undergo a body temperature control.
To date, 38 of the 42 Apple stores in China have reopened, already during normal hours, there are only 4 stores left that have not yet opened to the public. Of those 38 stores, 19 will extend the current hours of 7 hours and another 6 will return to their normal operating hours.
In the last 9 days, 14 Apple Stores have reopened their stores. Of the 4 stores that are still closed, 3 of them are located in Tianjin, a port city with more than 15 million inhabitants located in northwest China. The fourth store that has not yet opened its doors is located in the Suzhou Mall, a store that will open its doors on March 11. At the moment, the reopening date of the stores located in Tianjin is unknown.
In recent weeks, the number of infected by the corona virus it has been reduced, which shows that Apple trusts the Chinese government when it claims that it has the coronavirus situation under control.
Quite the opposite is currently happening in Europe. Italy has become the country most affected by the coronavirus where during this weekend all the retail stores and shopping centers will not open their doors in Bergamo, to stop the expansion in the country. In the United States, many are events that have been canceled to reduce the risks of contagion from the coronavirus, the last one being the Google developer conference.