aginlakeway said:
Daughters big work conference in California was just cancelled. Folks from across country were going.
https://www.presstelegram.com/2020/03/01/coronavirus-concerns-large-cargo-shipping-industry-conference-in-long-beach-is-canceled/This one? I am in Long Beach on business, and apparently a big shipping conference that was supposed to start tomorrow was canceled.
LONG BEACH A trade conference for the cargo shipping industry, set to open Sunday at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Long Beach with more than 2,000 participants, has been canceled amid continued concerns about the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, organizers said.
" In light of growing concerns around COVID-19, we've made the difficult decision to cancel #TPM20 and #ElDorado20 this year, officials with the Journal of Commerce, which sponsors the event, posted on Twitter late Saturday.
IHS Markit, which publishes the New York-based trade publication, further said in a statement on its website that it "has an absolute commitment to the health and safety of our customers, partners and colleagues. Given the deteriorating situation regarding the spread of the COVID-19 disease, unfortunately it is necessary to cancel TPM20 scheduled for March 1-4, 2020.
"This decision was made following recent guidance from health officials and in light of the rapid growth in global cases of COVID-19, in particular in the Western United States over the past 24 hours, as well as increasing travel restrictions and other circumstances."