After South Korean company LG electronics and the Swedish telecommunication giant Ericsson, now graphics giant Nvidia has declared that it is not sending its staff members to the Cellular Planet Congress 2020 in Barcelona because of to the public overall health threats all-around the coronavirus.

Nvidia was a major sponsor of the meeting, and had partnered with the GSMA meeting organising body to host an overall observe of 10 sessions and roundtables about artificial intelligence, The Verge described on Friday.

“Offered community health and fitness hazards close to the coronavirus, ensuring the security of our colleagues, companions and clients are our optimum worry. We have been seeking ahead to sharing our perform in AI, 5G and vRAN with the market, we regret not attending, but consider this is the ideal final decision.” the firm explained.

With the swift distribute of the Novel Coronavirus demonstrating no symptoms of slowing down, the market watchers has also warned that some others might shortly adhere to suit.

In accordance to Ericsson, the business has by now taken a range of precautionary measures to assure the overall health and protection of its staff and to minimise the impact on the firm’s functions.

“Right after an extensive internal danger assessment, Ericsson has made the decision to acquire even further precautionary measures by withdrawing from the MWC Barcelona 2020, the premier event in the telecom marketplace,” it claimed in a assertion.

Ericsson claimed as one particular of the largest exhibitors, it has thousands of people in its hall each and every working day and even if the danger is low, the company are not able to warranty the overall health and protection of its employees and website visitors.

To showcase the company’s portfolio and improvements, Ericsson will choose the demos and information created for the MWC Barcelona to prospects in their home markets with neighborhood events named “Ericsson Unboxed”.

Earlier, LG Electronics stated in a assertion that with the basic safety of its staff, companions and customers foremost in mind, “LG has resolved to withdraw from exhibiting and taking part in MWC 2020 later this month in Barcelona, Spain”.

The MWC organiser GSMA reported that it is checking and evaluating the opportunity impact of the coronavirus on its situations held annually in Barcelona, Shanghai and Los Angeles and as well as the Cell 360 Collection of regional conferences.

After report of ZTE cancelling a push meeting at the MWC 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak surfaced, the Chinese tech important clarified that it will continue to have booth place at the show and that its participation in the function will go “as planned”.