Microsoft cancels local exhibit at CES 2022 due to concerns about the new Corona

The world's largest consumer electronics trade fair ' CES 2022 ' will be held in Las Vegas for four days from January 5th to 8th, 2022. CES 2022 is scheduled to be exhibited by well-known companies all over the world, but it has become clear that Microsoft will cancel the exhibition due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus infection.

CES 2022 loses Microsoft in Las Vegas over COVID fears --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/24/22853157/ces-microsoft-canceled-omicron-covid

Microsoft withdraws itself from attending CES 2022 --MobileSyrup
https://mobilesyrup.com/2021/12/26/microsoft-withdraws-itself-from-attending-ces-2022/

CES is one of the world's largest consumer electronics trade fairs, held every January in Las Vegas, Nevada. The CES 2021 held in 2021 was the first completely online event in history due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus, but the CES 2022 will be held both online and on-site.

However, T-Mobile has announced that it will cancel the keynote speech by CEO Mike Sievert scheduled for CES 2022 in response to the current situation in which the new coronavirus Omicron strain is rampant around the world. In addition, companies such as Twitter and Meta, the operator of Facebook, have also stopped dispatching personnel to the site.

T-Mobile CEO Cancels Keynote at CES 2022 Due to Pandemic Concerns-GIGAZINE

Following these moves, Microsoft has also announced that it will cancel the local exhibit at CES 2022. When foreign media The Verge contacted Microsoft, a spokeswoman for the company said, 'After examining the latest data on the rapidly evolving new coronavirus, Microsoft has decided not to participate directly in CES 2022.' It seems that I got it. Microsoft will make an online announcement instead of canceling the local exhibit at CES 2022.

Not only Microsoft but also companies such as Lenovo, T-Mobile, Amazon, Facebook, General Motors, Intel, Twitter and Google have already announced that they have canceled the local exhibition at CES 2022. According to the CES organizer, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), 42 exhibitors have canceled their participation in the event as of Wednesday, December 22nd.