(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp (N:IBM) on Friday said it had cancelled its participation in the RSA cyber security conference due to coronavirus-related concerns.
"The health of IBMers is our primary concern as we continue to monitor upcoming events and travel relative to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)", the company said in a tweet https://twitter.com/IBMSecurity/status/1228462366326755328.
The event is scheduled to take place Feb. 24–28 in San Francisco.
Earlier in the day, Facebook Inc (O:FB) said it had cancelled its global marketing summit scheduled for next month in San Francisco due to coronavirus-related risks.
The Mobile World Congress (MWC), the annual telecoms industry gathering in Barcelona, was also cancelled after a mass exodus by exhibitors on coronavirus fears.
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The virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has killed more than 1,500 people so far and infected more than 66,000 people on the Chinese mainland.