World's largest mobile phone exhibition `` MWC '' canceled due to the effect of the new coronavirus
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The world's largest mobile phone related exhibition ' Mobile World Congress (MWC) ', which was scheduled to be held from February 24 to 27, 2020, has been canceled. The organizers have announced that this is due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus.
GSMA GSMA Statement on MWC Barcelona 2020 from John Hoffman, CEO GSMA Limited-Newsroom
https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/gsma-statement-on-mwc-barcelona-2020/
MWC 2020 canceled over coronavirus health concerns-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21127754/mwc-2020-canceled-coronavirus-trade-show-phone-mobile-world-congress-gsma-statement
The spread of the new coronavirus found in Wuhan, China, continues. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on February 12, 2020, there were 44,653 cases of infection and 11,113 deaths in China. Infections have been reported in 26 countries around the world. At the time of writing, the number of new coronavirus infections in Japan was 25.
About the present situation of new type coronavirus infectious disease and correspondence of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (February 12, 1921 version)
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_09450.html
The new coronavirus is to infect from person to person found held a large-scale event where many people gather from all over the world ,, because it itself was being questioned. And the GSM Association (GSMA) , which hosts MWC, has officially announced that it will cancel `` MWC Barcelona 2020 '' which was scheduled to be held in Barcelona, Spain as usual from February 24 to February 27, 2020 .
by Kārlis Dambrāns
GSMA says, 'This year's event will not be possible due to global outbreaks of new coronavirus outbreaks, travel concerns, and other circumstances, with a view to putting a healthy and safe environment first in Barcelona and Spain. And decided to cancel MWC Barcelona 2020. The GSMA and Barcelona will continue to cooperate with each other for the upcoming MWC Barcelona 2021 and subsequent events. Expresses sympathy for infected people in China and the world. '
The GSMA is an industry association with nearly 1200 mobile companies, and MWC Bercelona 2020 has more than 100,000 mobile phone and handset manufacturers, technology providers, sales companies and content manufacturers in more than 200 countries. Was expected to participate. However, due to concerns about the new coronavirus, major companies such as Amazon, Sony , NTT DoCoMo , Ericsson , Intel, LG , NVIDIA etc. have announced withdrawal one after another, and finally the organizer announced that the event itself will be canceled. It came to.
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