Apple closes three stores in COVID hotspots, imposes mask mandate nationwide

Apple's website now lists three temporary store closures — located in Miami, Ontario and Annapolis, Maryland — that the company is closing as a precaution amid spiking COVID case numbers. Management said it is monitoring the situation and, before reopening the locations, will test all employees for COVID infection. Apple also announced that all of its stores in the U.S. have been instructed to require that shoppers where face masks.