A employee wearing a protective mask is silhouetted while standing in front of an Apple Inc. logo at the company's store, temporarily closed due to the coronavirus, in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Apple Inc. said on March 14 it's closing its hundreds of retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27 and is moving to remote work in order to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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