Due to the Corona virus, which spread to tens of thousands of people and killed thousands of people, many events that thousands of people would attend were canceled. A new one has been added to these events canceled due to the virus: SXSW. The Corona virus outbreak is growing in the USA The statement published on the official Twitter page of SXSW stated that they were very sad due to the cancellation decision and the event will be canceled for the first time in 34 years. Although it was stated by the Austin Public Health Service that there was no need to cancel the event, it was said that the cancellation decision taken by the city officials was respected because the situation in question developed very quickly. As of March 7, the number of Corona virus cases has reached 102 thousand 242 and the number of deaths has reached 3 thousand 497. In the USA, there were 335 cases in total, 17 of them resulted in death. Also, the vast majority of deaths occurred in Washington. Many companies were going to hold technology and entertainment conferences at SXSW, which will be held in Austin city from March 13 to March 22. In addition, Google announced that it had canceled the I / O developer conference, while Facebook, Microsoft and TED also made similar cancellation decisions.
