Replace 3/12/20: WonderCon has formally been postponed. Comedian-Con Worldwide released a statement on Thursday, March 12 confirming that the Anaheim conference is being moved to a later date.
“To guard public well being and sluggish the speed of transmission of COVID-19, the California Division of Public Well being introduced a suggestion that gatherings and occasions of greater than 250 individuals ought to both be postponed or cancelled. Comedian-Con (organizer of WonderCon) will abide by this suggestion. Subsequently WonderCon Anaheim, scheduled for April 10-12, 2020 in Anaheim, California, will likely be postponed till a later date. We are going to start processing refunds within the coming days,” the assertion reads.
CCI added that the group continues to be monitoring the state of affairs and has not made any official selections concerning San Diego Comedian-Con in July.
Considerations in regards to the unfold of coronavirus within the U.S. have kicked off a rash of canceled and postponed events like E3, Coachella, and SXSW, which might deliver a big crowd of individuals right into a contained space. Nonetheless, one of the crucial huge leisure occasions of the 12 months, San Diego Comedian-Con, continues to be planning to go on as scheduled.
Comedian-Con Worldwide gave a press release to ABC 10Information in San Diego on Tuesday, confirming that there are not any plans presently to cancel both of its two main, upcoming occasions, WonderCon Anaheim and San Diego Comedian-Con.
“Comedian-Con is working with native officers because it pertains to the COVID-19 state of affairs and continues to observe developments carefully. Presently each exhibits, WonderCon Anaheim and Comedian-Con in San Diego, are transferring ahead as scheduled. As all the time, the protection and safety of all our attendees is of utmost significance. Please relaxation assured that these considerations are being taken very critically and we won’t make any selections concerning the rescheduling of exhibits with out weighing all issues rigorously,” CCI officers stated in a press release.
CCI’s present assertion to @10News: “Comedian-Con is working with native officers because it pertains to the COVID-19 state of affairs and continues to observe developments carefully. Presently each exhibits, WonderCon Anaheim and Comedian-Con in San Diego, are transferring ahead as scheduled. (half of)
— SDCC Unofficial Weblog (@SD_Comic_Con) March 10, 2020
As all the time, the protection and safety of all our attendees is of utmost significance. Please relaxation assured that these considerations are being taken very critically and we won’t make any selections concerning the rescheduling of exhibits with out weighing all issues rigorously.” (2/2)
— SDCC Unofficial Weblog (@SD_Comic_Con) March 10, 2020
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With San Diego Comedian-Con nonetheless 4 months away, there’s loads of time for CCI to attend and see how the present well being disaster unfolds earlier than making a ultimate resolution about whether or not to cancel the occasion or go on as deliberate. If the present well being danger to con-goers doesn’t enhance, one other last-minute cancellation may nonetheless be within the playing cards.
In response to the Facilities for Illness Management, coronavirus is unfold from shut person-to-person contact, with shut being outlined as six toes or much less. The illness additionally travels by respiratory droplets that type when an contaminated individual coughs or sneezes. The CDC recommends that everybody take precaution by washing their palms and utilizing hand sanitizer with at the least 60% alcohol, and that everybody keep away from touching their face with unwashed palms. In response to The New York Times, over 1,000 circumstances have been confirmed in the US, and at the least 31 individuals within the U.S. have died from the virus. Worldwide, over 120,000 individuals have been contaminated and over 4,000 have died.
WonderCon Anaheim is scheduled to happen April 10-12. San Diego Comedian-Con is scheduled to happen July 23-26.
Natalie Portman and Taika Waititi, SDCC 2019