{"id":16677,"date":"2020-01-29T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=16677"},"modified":"2020-02-12T10:41:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:41:38","slug":"gsma-statement-on-coronavirus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-statement-on-coronavirus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2<\/strong><strong>9<\/strong><strong>\u00a0January 2020, London<\/strong>:\u00a0The GSMA is monitoring and assessing the potential impact of the Coronavirus on\u00a0its\u00a0MWC20\u00a0events held annually in Barcelona,Shanghai\u00a0and\u00a0Los Angeles and as well as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.\u00a0The upcoming MWC Barcelona event,\u00a024-27 February 2020,\u00a0will proceed as planned, across all venues at Fira Gran Via and Fira Montju\u00efc, including YoMo and Four Years\u00a0From\u00a0Now (4YFN). \u00a0Specifically,\u00a0for\u00a0MWC Barcelona\u00a02020, several\u00a0measures are\u00a0already in place, and\u00a0updates can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwcbarcelona.com\/about\/news\/\">www.mwcbarcelona.com\/about\/news\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The GSMA will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carefully follow and adhere to: \u00a0the World Health Organisation\u2019s (WHO) recommendations, all applicable Chinese government recommendations, all Spanish health authority recommendations and all police\/health recommendations and protocols<\/li>\n<li>Provide additional medical personnel for on-site support in the run-up to and during the event<\/li>\n<li>Work with Fira\u00a0de Barcelona\u00a0to ensure sufficient sanitising products throughout all\u00a0venues and implement other activity in line with recommendations from our city partners\u2022\u00a0Support exhibitors who may not be able to travel to MWC Barcelona (via\u00a0GSMAaccount managers\u00a0or the\u00a0Customer Care Team).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The GSMA confirms that there have been no registration impacts on MWC Barcelona thus far\u00a0and further updates will be issued as advice develops. However, we strongly urge exhibitors and attendees to implement appropriate guidelines and protocols as suggested by the WHO and other health authorities to contain and mitigate against any further spread of the virus.\u00a0Currently,\u00a0the WHO has decided not to declare a global public health emergency, saying it was still too early for such a move and has advised that,\u00a0\u2018measures to limit the risk of exportation or importation of the disease should be implemented, without unnecessary restrictions of international traffic\u2019.\u00a0Up-to-date\u00a0WHO advice can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ith\/2020-27-01-outbreak-of-Pneumonia-caused-by-new-coronavirus\/en\/\">www.who.int\/ith\/2020-27-01-outbreak-of-Pneumonia-caused-by-new-coronavirus\/en\/<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the most recent\u00a0press release issued by WHO is here:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/detail\/28-01-2020-who-china-leaders-discuss-next-steps-in-battle-against-coronavirus-outbreak\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/detail\/28-01-2020-who-china-leaders-discuss-next-steps-in-battle-against-coronavirus-outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-ENDS-<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the GSMA<\/strong><br \/>\nThe GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators and nearly 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces the industry-leading MWC events held annually in Barcelona, Shanghaiand Los Angeles, as well as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/\">www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29\u00a0January 2020, London:\u00a0The GSMA is monitoring and assessing the potential impact of the Coronavirus on\u00a0its\u00a0MWC20\u00a0events held annually in Barcelona,Shanghai\u00a0and\u00a0Los Angeles and as well as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.\u00a0The upcoming MWC Barcelona event,\u00a024-27 February 2020,\u00a0will proceed as planned, across all venues at Fira Gran Via and Fira Montju\u00efc, including YoMo and Four Years\u00a0From\u00a0Now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"class_list":["post-16677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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