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Sunday, March 8, 2020

Austin,Texas,USA cancels South by Southwest over coronavirus fears

The city of Austin, Texas, announced Friday March 06,2020 it will cancel South by Southwest, the annual festival that draws major musicians, tech companies, and keynote speakers

The cancellation is due to fears of the spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. "After careful deliberation, there was no acceptable path forward that would mitigate the risk enough to protect our community," said Mark Escott, the city's interim health authority

The festival was scheduled to begin on March 13, 2020 but major companies slowly announced plans to pull out of the lineup over coronavirus fears, including Netflix, Facebook, and Amazon Studios. Austin has no known cases of coronavirus

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