Apple suggests corporate employees in Cupertino work from home during coronavirus outbreak
Apple has issued a memo to staff in which it proposes employees at its Californian campuses work from home as an “extra precaution” during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
The report comes shortly after the County of Santa Clara issued new coronavirus guidance to companies in the county’s cities, including Cupertino, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose and Sunnyvale, advising to postpone or cancel mass gatherings, adding additional fuel to the likelihood Apple will cancel its annual World Wide Developers Confidence expected to take place in June.
Apple will keep its retail stores in Santa Clara open for the time being, with new “deep cleaning” regimes being implemented across the globe.
The news comes after a leaked internal memo revealed that the company was suspending all non-critical employee travel to Italy, and that Apple’s regional webpage showed some retail locations had been closed, likely on the advice of the country’s health officials.
Additionally, Apple has announced that the company is suspending “Today at Apple” sessions at all of its Apple Stores in Italy, presumably out of caution over coronavirus fears.