Ludhiana bicycle makers cancel China visit due to coronavirus scare

In wake of coronavirus scare, Ludhiana-based businessmen have cancelled ir visits to China and Taiwan where y were to scheduled to participate in international bicycle shows.

"After rising cases of fatal coronavirus, upcoming five tours to China and Taiwan have been cancelled," said Gurmeet Singh Kular, president of Federation of Industrial and Commercial Organisation (FICO). FICO mostly comprises representatives of bicycle industry.

industrialists were supposed to participate in Taipei cycle show (March 4 to March 7) in Taiwan, China Plas (April 21 to 24) in Shanghai and Canton Fair Phase I, II and III to be held in April and May, Singh said. General secretary, FICO, Rajeev Jain said more than 40 industrialists h alrey me bookings for Taipei Cycle Show.

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Fifty h me bookings for China Plas and more than 80 for all three phases of Canton Fair, he ded. Kular said largest show of bicycle industry China International Bicycle and Motor Fair 2020 to be held on May 6-9 was still under review. "If situations improve, only n we will continue, orwise that tour will also be cancelled," he said. Ludhiana is a major industrial hub, caters to country's over 90 per cent bicycle and bicycle parts' demand.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but virus that has killed people in China is a vel strain and t seen before. virus - which first emerged in Wuhan city in China's central Hubei province - has spre to 25 countries, including India, US and UK. So far three confirmed cases have been reported from Kerala.

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