Coronavirus outbreak leads to long delays, cancellation of shows across the world

With China and different parts of world reeling from coronavirus outbreak, numerous tre fairs and conferences in China got postponed or shelved, potentially causing a loss of billions of dollars. A few of events were Taipei International Book Exhibition, Singapore Airshow, Mobile world congress etc.

Taipei International book exhibition

Considered to be Taiwan's prestigious and biggest literary event, it was to be held from February 4-February 9. It was postponed to May 7-12. It is a book fair organised by  Taipei Book Fair Foundation and supervised by Government Information Office. It was established on 15 December 1987 at  National Central Library and focused on distribution and copyright negotiations between international publishers. 

Singapore Airshow

2020 edition was conducted from February 11-16 but aviation leer summit was shelved due to outbreak of disease. show went ahe based on its schedule but on a much small scale.

Mobile World Congress (MWC)

Organisers of Mobile World Congress (MWC) on February 12 said that y h shelved this year's event amid fears arising due to coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, anuncement came after Global System for Mobile communications (GSM Association) h a meeting to decide if MWC should be conducted or t. event was supposed to be conducted in Barcelona, Spain from February 24-27.

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Food and Hotel Asia

biennial tre show was to be held from March 3-6 but organisers postponed its first leg to month of July 2020. event brings toger most extensive line-up of invative hospitality products and smart techlogies from across globe for fast-growing demands of Asia's food and hospitality industry.

15th JCI Spring conference

semi-annual conference was to be held from March 26-27 but was postponed until late May 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak. It is a semi-annual conference comprising of major trers, feed producers and livestock farmers.

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death toll from China's vel coronavirus epidemic surpassed 1,700 after 100 more people died in country's Hubei province. As per Chinese government, new death toll w stands at 1765. At least 70,400 people have w been infected nationwide in China, with most cases being recorded in Hubei, where virus first emerged in December.

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