The company's employees were previously set to return to
offices on February 1, according to the report, citing a memo sent by Chief
Executive Officer Tim Cook.
Growing worries over the rapidly spreading Omicron
coronavirus variant have derailed several companies' plans for a return to
normalcy.
Google told its employees they would lose pay and eventually
be fired if they did not follow the company's vaccination rules, according to a
report, while JP Morgan Chase has asked its unvaccinated staff in Manhattan to
work from home.
Apple's store closures in Miami, Annapolis and Ottawa come a
day after the company reinstated its policy requiring all customers at its
stores in the US to wear masks.
All the employees at the three stores will be tested before
the stores are reopened, the company said.
Through the pandemic, Apple has closed some stores for short
periods of time around the world as coronavirus-related lockdowns were brought
in and lifted.
COVID-19 cases are rising again in parts of Canada and the
United States, with Canada's government imploring its residents on Wednesday
not to leave the country. -Reuters
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