Officials in Santa Clara County, where Apple's 12,000-person
Apple Park campus is located, had earlier asked large companies
to consider asking employees to telecommute and find other ways
of limiting close contact. There were 20 confirmed cases of the
coronavirus in the county as of March 5, health officials said.
Apple is also asking employees in the Seattle area to work from
home. In California, its Santa Clara County retail stores remain
open, a spokesman said.
Apple last month said the spread of the virus in China would
cause it to miss revenue targets for the quarter ending in March
and cause iPhone shortages.
(Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Nick
Zieminski)
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