MWC 2020: GSMA Announces Health Safety Measures for Coronavirus

With the Coronavirus spreading through the world, multiple companies have decided to skip what is one of the biggest smartphone events of the year —MWC 2020— chief among them, LG electronics which announced that it willnot be attending the eventthis year for safety reasons. While the GSMA, which is the organiser behind MWC, has previously stated that the event will go on as planned, the association has today sent out a notice to inform attendees of all the health measures being put in place to ensure public health safety during the course of the event.

According to GSMA’s email, the following additional measures are being put in place by the organisers:

The organisers have also mentioned that they are monitoring the situation and plans may be adapted according to developments. Hopefully that doesn’t mean the event will have to be cancelled or postponed.

Apart from the measures mentioned by the GSMA above, the organisers have also put in place a number of preventative safety measures including the following:

Speaking about the threat posed by Coronavirus, and the readiness of the Spanish health system, the country’s health minister Alba Vergés said,“The Catalan health system is prepared to detect and treat coronavirus, to give the most appropriate response, and this must be clear to those attending MWC Barcelona.”The head of Service of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Antoni Trilla, also added that“we are not in an exceptional situation and our health system is ready.”

MWC 2020 is scheduled to take place from February 24 to February 27 in Barcelona, Spain. We’ll be on the ground at the event, so stay tuned for the latest information from (and about) the event as it unfolds.

Akshay Gangwar

Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.

Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.

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