Sony is the latest company to withdraw from MWC2020 due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
Sony has been closely monitoring the evolving situation following the novel coronavirus outbreak, which was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization on January 30th, 2020.
As we place the utmost importance on the safety and wellbeing of our customers, partners, media and employees, we have taken the difficult decision to withdraw from exhibiting and participating at MWC 2020 in Barcelona, Spain. the company said in a statement.
Sony will be hosting an online press conference on their official Xperia YouTube channel on February 24th at 8:30am; which is basically around 30 minutes before MWC 2020 kicks off.
The Sony press conference will now instead take place at the scheduled time of 8:30am (CET) on February 24, 2020 as a video via our official Xperia YouTube channel to share our exciting product news.
– Sony
Organiser GSMA said yesterday,
“[it] continues to monitor and assess the potential impact of the Coronavirus on MWC Barcelona 2020 as the health and safety of our exhibitors, attendees and staff are of paramount importance.”
The event organiser said it was working with exhibitors to ensure World Health Organisation advice to reduce risk of the virus spreading was being carried out.
No visitors will be allowed to attend from China’s Hubei Province, which is where the outbreak of the disease started, and Chinese visitors will be required to prove that they have been outside the country for two weeks before the event.
Companies who have withdrawn from MWC2020
The list of companies is growing every day. Earlier this week, LG made a similar announcement, explaining that it won’t attend this year’s show due to the outbreak.
Following that, Ericsson also announced that it has cancelled its MWC2020 plans in order to protect its employees .
This was followed by Nvidia who also withdrew from MWC to protect its employees.
Yesterday Amazon also made a similar announcement.
