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- Apple plans to drop mask mandates for vaccinated customers at many stores from Tuesday, sources told Bloomberg.
- Apple staff at the stores will still have to wear masks, the sources said.
- Apple employees in some California offices will also be allowed to drop their masks, Bloomberg reported.
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Apple plans to allow vaccinated customers to go without masks at many of its US stores from Tuesday, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
Staff would not ask customers to provide proof of vaccination, unnamed sources told Bloomberg.
Staff would still have to wear masks, the company has told workers, per the sources.
The sources asked to remain anonymous because they did not want to discuss company policy before its public announcement, Bloomberg reported.
Apple's mask mandate would also be scrapped for employees based at Apple's offices in Cupertino, California, according to an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg.
Some US retailers dropped their in-store mask mandates for customers last month, after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) relaxed its mask guidelines for fully-vaccinated people.
Walmart, Costco, and Trader Joe's were among the retailers that lifted mask requirements for vaccinated customers.
Apple would check customers' temperature at the door of its stores and limit occupancy to enable social distancing, Deidre O'Brien, Apple's senior vice president of retail and people, said in a blogpost last month.
Apple did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.