The World Economic Forum had been scheduled to hold an in-person event in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos from Jan. 17 to Jan. 21.
A logo sits on a window at the entrance hall of the Congress Center ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.The annual get-together of world leaders, billionaires and executives in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos will be postponed due to health and safety concerns over Covid-19.
"The World Economic Forum will defer its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in the light of continued uncertainty over the Omicron outbreak," the group said in a release Monday. "It is now planned for early summer." The in-person event had been scheduled from Jan. 17 to Jan. 21 with the aim of addressing "economic, environmental, political and social fault-lines exacerbated by the pandemic."
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