In Barcelona, canceled one of the largest world exhibitions of the mobile industry – the World Mobile Congress (Mobile World Congress, MWC). It is reported TASS.
The reason for this step was the threat of the spread of a new coronavirus.
Since 2006, Mobile World Congress has been gathering partners and guests in Barcelona. This year, MWC 2020 was supposed to be held from February 24 to 27.
February 11, it became known that Intel canceled participation in the Mobile World Congress. In addition to one of the world leaders in IT, Amazon, LG Electronics, Ericsson, Nvidia and other companies also refused to participate.
According to data on Wednesday, February 12, more than 1.1 thousand people died from pneumonia caused by the virus. In China, more than 43 thousand inhabitants are infected. In Russia, only two cases of the disease were recorded, both patients are citizens of the PRC. They have already been discharged from hospitals, and no one who has contacted them has been detected.
