Apple to drop customer mask requirement at many U.S. stores – Bloomberg News

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More than 100 of the company’s about 270 stores across the country will scrap the requirement, with more stores adopting it gradually, the report https://bloom.bg/3mK2MLq said, citing an internal memo to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) retail employees.

The iPhone maker declined to comment.

The highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus had previously prompted many tech companies, including Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), to tighten their defenses.

The mask mandate will continue for Apple’s retail employees, the report said.