Tim Cook Lets Apple Employees Work Remotely Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

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Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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An Apple representative confirmed the authenticity of the memo.

Cook's comments expand on a memo sent to Apple employees last week [/news/apple-closes-store-in-italy-restricts-employee-travel-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ restricting travel] to South Korea, Italy and China unless it's deemed "business-critical" and kynghidongduong.vn approved by a company vice president. Those who have travel plans to those countries are reportedly being advised to postpone or phượng hoàng cổ trấn cancel trips and conduct business via phone or video instead. 

[/news/coronavirus-and-covid-19-all-your-questions-answered/ COVID-19 was discovered] in the Wuhan region of China's Hubei province late last year and produces symptoms similar to those of pneumonia. [/news/coronavirus-timeline-how-the-disease-spread-across-the-globe-december-2019-into-march-2020/ Chinese scientists linked the disease to a family of viruses] that includes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome). The disease has [ killed 3,460] people, and more than 101,000 people have been infected [ in more than 60 countries].



























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