Concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak and its spread in California prompt three major tech companies to cancel plans for conferences in the Bay Area.
Concerns about the spreading coronavirus have prompted three major tech companies to cancel plans for upcoming conferences in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Microsoft Game Stack said in a tweet that the decision came after “a close review of guidance by global health authorities and out of an abundance of caution.” By 11 a.m., Epic Games had announced that it, too, was pulling out of the Game Developers Conference, set for March 16-20. Health officials have emphasized that the number of coronavirus cases in California remains low, and there are no signs of an outbreak. But health agencies said they are preparing for more cases as theSan Francisco and Orange County have declared emergencies even though neither community has experienced any kind of virus outbreak.
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