World's largest mobile show faces coronavirus impact! MWC 2020 likely to be called off: Report
The telecom industry`s biggest get together, scheduled for Feb. 24-27, typically draws more than 100,000 visitors to Barcelona. By the GSMA`s own estimate it gives a lift of around half a billion dollars to the local economy. The GSMA has been silent since saying last Sunday it planned to go ahead with the event, while tightening health precautions to guard against the coronavirus that has killed more than 1,000 people in China since breaking out last month.
The coronavirus has caused fatalities in around 2% of reported cases from pneumonia or multiple organ failure, Photo: Reuters