SINGAPORE (Feb 3): The World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Annual Meeting, scheduled to be held in Singapore from May 25-28, has been postponed to Aug 17-20.
According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the WEF has proposed to reschedule the meeting in light of global travel restrictions and the international challenges in combating the virus at this stage.
“The Singapore Government understands the challenges faced by the WEF and has agreed to the reschedule.
“We will continue to partner the WEF closely to host a safe and successful Special Annual Meeting in Singapore,” said the Ministry in response to media queries on the rescheduling.
WEF postpones Special Annual Meeting in Singapore to August
southeastasiapost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from southeastasiapost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
World Economic Forum delays Special Annual Meeting in Singapore due to coronavirus
news.am - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news.am Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Houston rodeo disrupted for second year
The 2021 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was cancelled on Wednesday amid concerns about the safety of large public gatherings.
The rodeo, originally scheduled to run for three weeks beginning in early March, was postponed until May earlier this year. On Wednesday, organisers announced the event – which typically attracts 2.5 million attendees and employs almost 4,000 – would be scrapped. Last year’s rodeo was halted after the first week as the virus began to circulate in the fourth-largest US city.
Associated events including the downtown Houston rodeo parade and the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest also have been cancelled, organisers said.
California, N.Y. to Open New Stadium Vaccine Sites: Virus Update
Bloomberg 2/3/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg People wearing protective masks wait in line to receive a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a walk up vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.
(Bloomberg) AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford have started looking at how to re-engineer their coronavirus vaccine to defeat new mutations, saying a tweaked injection could be ready by autumn.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to work with CureVac NV to help boost production of its experimental vaccine and improve the shot to help protect against multiple variants.