While 494 people have lost their lives due to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, it is stated that more than 24 thousand people have been affected by the epidemic.
Apple has announced recently that it has closed all its offices and stores across China . In addition, the company's suppliers in China have completely stopped their operations.
Foxconn, one of Apple's largest iPhone suppliers in China , announced that it has stopped all its activities until February 10. The further extension of this period due to the coronavirus can seriously affect Apple.
Almost all of the iPhones that are sold worldwide are produced by Foxconn and Pegatron. More than half of these iPhones are produced at the factory in China, which Foxconn temporarily closed. For this reason, every day the factory is closed, it is written down to Apple's house minus.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement that Apple has set a wider range of financial targets compared to previous years due to the uncertainty created by the coronavirus.
"Since last week, we have limited travels to China to very critical meetings. There are developments related to the incident and we follow the situation closely , " Cook said . used expressions.