This March 8, 2020 photo, shows customers visiting an Apple store after it reopened in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. (PHOTO / STR / AFP)

Apple Inc is reopening all 42 of its branded stores in China on Friday, a company spokesman said, more than a month after they were shut in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Apple sold fewer than half a million iPhones in China in Feb, govt data showed, as the coronavirus outbreak halved demand for smartphones

The iPhone maker’s Chinese website listed the opening time for all stores, which varies from 10:00 am to 11:00 am local time. The website had previously carried an advisory saying not all stores were open.

Apple had announced the shuttering of its branded stores in early February.

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China placed curbs on travel and asked residents to avoid public places in late January, just ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, a major gift-giving holiday. Those restrictions stayed largely in place through most of February.

The company sold fewer than half a million iPhones in China in February, government data showed on Monday, as the outbreak halved demand for smartphones.