Starbucks Closes More Than 2,000 Stores In China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The coffee chain has temporarily closed the stores locations to limit the spread of the coronavirus that has sickened more than 4,500 people.
Updated at 8:20 p.m. ET
Starbucks has temporarily closed more than half of its stores in mainland China as an outbreak of coronavirus has surged through the country, affecting thousands of people.
Starbucks executives on Tuesday called the viral outbreak a "very complex situation,"the direction of local government officials as well as "proactively," to limit the spread of the virus among workers and customers.
