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Though all Apple retail locations outside of China technically closed on March
() in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic (, , the company “> provided customers with a two-day window 
For devices sent out to one of Apple’s repair centers, the company contacting customers to try to coordinate shipping them back to the owners directly rather than to an Apple store for pickup. With how
>> quickly developments about the coronavirus outbreak have been changing
, it remains unclear when Apple will open its doors again outside mainland China. While Apple has tentatively begun reopening stores there — closed since January – after some delay
, China’s number of new COVID – cases has also fallen dramatically in recent weeks
Elsewhere, this tally continues to escalate at an alarming rate. In the US, the total number of reported cases has more than doubled in the last week, surging past , as of Friday, per the New York Times
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