Apple has briefly shut all of its New York City stores to face to face shoppers as Covid cases take off in the Big Apple.

Apple’s enormous Fifth Avenue lead — just as its Grand Central, SoHo and World Trade Center stores and more modest outlets across the five wards — are completely shut to shoppers, as per the iPhone maker’s site.

Customers can in any case get online orders at the stores.

Locations in Westchester County, Long Island, New Jersey and upstate New York stay open for face to face shopping.

The closures come as the Omicron variant spreads quickly in New York, compelling a huge number of workers to call out sick.

In the midst of Covid related laborer deficiencies, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday cut the confinement direction for some completely vaccinated workers who test positive for COVID-19 from 10 days to five days.

Apple normally shuts down a store when 10% of its employees have tried positive for the Covid, as per media.

Last week, Apple covered stores in Florida, Georgia, Texas, New Hampshire and Canada as Covid cases rose.

Apple representative Nick Leahy didn’t react to a solicitation for subtleties on the organization’s New York City store terminations however said the organization gives a valiant effort to ensure employees.

“We regularly monitor conditions and we will adjust both our health measures and store services to support the wellbeing of customers and employees,” Leahy told news. “We remain committed to a comprehensive approach for our teams that combines regular testing with daily health checks, employee and customer masking, deep cleaning and paid sick leave.”

On Monday, New York City detailed a close record of 17,343 new Covid cases. The city’s hospitalization rate has dramatically increased over the previous week as hospitals see a flood of patients contaminated with the omicron variant, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.