COVID-19: Apple To Temporarily Close More Stores

Apple will temporarily close more than 20 of its retail locations in Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas in the United States as coronavirus cases continue to climb in those states.

This was contained in an update on its website which indicates that five Apple Stores in Georgia, five in North Carolina, and about a dozen in Texas won’t be open to the public after they complete their regular hours on Friday evening.

The closures include locations in major cities like Houston and Atlanta. If you left a device in for repair at one of those stores or have an appointment to pick up an online order, you can still visit them through to January 18th.

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“Due to current COVID-19 conditions in some of the communities we serve, we are temporarily closing stores in these areas,” a spokesperson for the company told Bloomberg. “We take this step with an abundance of caution as we closely monitor the situation, and we look forward to having our teams and customers back as soon as possible.”

The move comes after Apple closed more than 50 retail locations in California due to the coronavirus pandemic last month. Separate from those concerns, the company has also temporarily shuttered its stores in the Washington DC area ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.