Apple Asks Silicon Valley Employees to Work From Home as Coronavirus Spreads

Apple on Friday requested workers at its Silicon Valley headquarters to work at home if doable as a “precaution,” a spokesman confirmed to Reuters.

Officials in Santa Clara County, the place Apple’s 12,000-person Apple Park campus is situated, had earlier requested giant corporations to contemplate asking workers to telecommute and discover different methods of limiting shut contact. There had been 20 confirmed instances of the coronavirus within the county as of March 5, well being officers mentioned.

Apple can be asking workers within the Seattle space to work at home. In California, its Santa Clara County retail shops stay open, a spokesman mentioned.

Apple final month mentioned the unfold of the virus in China would trigger it to overlook income targets for the quarter ending in March and trigger iPhone shortages.

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