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MWC, a mobile event scheduled to be held in Spain from February 24 due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, has finally announced its suspension. Concerns were raised as companies such as LG Electronics, ZTE, Sony, and Amazon announced the suspension of participation, but in the end, the organizer GSMA officially announced the suspension.
Prior to the decision to suspend MWC, there were several announcements of the suspension of participation due to the COVID-19 outbreak. After Ericsson, LG Electronics, and ZTE, Facebook, Amazon, Cisco, AT&T, Sprint, Intel, and Nvidia announced their withdrawal, and it seemed that a small exhibition would be possible with only the list of companies withdrawn.
The GSMA also proposed measures such as banning participation in Hubei Province of China or installing a Chengon scanner so that it can proceed as planned and proceed safely until just before. However, information has come out that the GSMA will hold a meeting on February 14th to decide whether or not the MWC will be truly implemented. On the 12th, French news agency Orange decided to absent, but Orange CEO was participating in the GSMA, so it was said that MWC was going to stop.
GSMA CEO John Hoffman said in a press release that the GSMA has decided to stop MWC Barcelona 2020. did. Of course, MWC in 2021 is also revealing that it is still planning.
The number of deaths exceeded the SARS figure, with more than 1,000 deaths already occurring due to COVID-19. Although the mortality rate is lower than that of SARS, COVID-19 infection is spreading more in the short term. For example, there are reports that one British infected in Singapore spread the infection to 10 people in French resorts.
In such a situation, it seems that MWC was inevitable. In the last MWC, 198 countries around the world participated in 1097,674. Assuming that this event will also come, if any of them are infected with COVID-19, the MWC may have spread widely. Of course, the cessation of MWC hurts Barcelona as well, and reportedly the MWC’s contribution to the local economy is worth $500 million. Related information can be found here .
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