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Apple has shut every Apple store outside of China as coronavirus spreads.
The dramatic measure is part of a broader, increased response from the company announced by Tim Cook.
Apple Stores will be closed until at least 27 March, he said.
As well as selling Apple products, its retail stores serve as the first point of contact for people having issues with their devices. Mr Cook directed affected users to Apple's online support pages.
In addition to the closure of stores, all Apple staff will be told to work from home if they can.
The company said that affected staff will be paid as normal and the company's rules on leave will be broadened to allow people to take time off work related to problems with Covid-19, such as caring for loved ones.
Apple's online store will continue to stay open, Tim Cook said in the announcement.
It comes just a day after Apple announced that WWDC, its annual software event, would be cancelled and instead be run online,
Mr Cook also said that Apple had committed $15 million to help with the global coronavirus response, saying the money would be used to help those who are sick "and to help lessen the economic and community impacts of the pandemic". He also said the company would match employee donations two-to-one.
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A man wearing a face mask crosses a road in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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A view of the empty entrance to the Università Cattolica (Catholic University) in Milan, northern Italy, on 24 February, 2020.
EPA
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Empty streets in Daegu, South Korea, on 23 February, 2020.
EPA
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Empty streets in Daegu, South Korea, on 23 February 2020.
EPA
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A lone sanitation worker sits near the closed Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on February 24, 2020.
Reuters
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A view of a deserted street in Codogno, northern Italy, on February 23, 2020.
EPA
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Italian police officers set a road block in Codogno, Northern Italy, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.
AP
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A supermarket closed in Codogno, one the northern Italian towns placed under lockdown, on February 23, 2020.
EPA
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A lone cyclist wearing sanitary masks pedals in the center of Codogno, Northern Italy.
LaPresse via AP
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An empty road at the entrance of the small Italian town of Codogno on February 23, 2020.
AFP via Getty
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A man wearing a face mask crosses a road in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Reuters
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A view of the empty entrance to the Università Cattolica (Catholic University) in Milan, northern Italy, on 24 February, 2020.
EPA
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Empty streets in Daegu, South Korea, on 23 February, 2020.
EPA
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Empty streets in Daegu, South Korea, on 23 February 2020.
EPA
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A lone sanitation worker sits near the closed Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on February 24, 2020.
Reuters
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A view of a deserted street in Codogno, northern Italy, on February 23, 2020.
EPA
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Italian police officers set a road block in Codogno, Northern Italy, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.
AP
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A supermarket closed in Codogno, one the northern Italian towns placed under lockdown, on February 23, 2020.
EPA
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A lone cyclist wearing sanitary masks pedals in the center of Codogno, Northern Italy.
LaPresse via AP
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An empty road at the entrance of the small Italian town of Codogno on February 23, 2020.
AFP via Getty
As he announced that worldwide stores were shut, Mr Cook said that all stores in China would now re-open. Every store in the country was shut at the beginning of February, as coronavirus spread rapidly across the country.
He said the company had learned from the experience of shutting stores and taking other precautions in China, and that those would now be applied worldwide.