Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported that Apple's CEO confirmed that the company has plans to reopen all its retail stores in Austria and Australia and "just a few" in the United States.

In response to the worldwide Covid-19 outbreak, Apple shut down their retail locations a few months ago to reduce the spread of the virus; however, Bloomgberg reported late last week that the company's CEO Tim Cook has stated that stores in Austria and Australia will be reopened this month; in the United States, "just a few, not a large number" will open within the next couple weeks.

In fact, he confirmed that Apple is "going to look at the data and make a decision city by city, county by county, depending on the circumstances in that particular place."

All retail locations outside China - which total 458 - have been closed since March except for South Korea's only one.

As for the company's Cupertino campus, reopening will not take place until at least June; when people finally do return, it will be done on a staggered basis and practices like temperature checks, social distancing and mask requirements will likely be compulsory.

 - AFP Relaxnews