Coronavirus: Xiaomi To Attend MWC Barcelona 2020 As Planned

With the spread of the Coronavirus, the leisure of travelling has now become a risk and with so many companies pulling out of MWC Barcelona 2020, Xiaomi has come out and reiterated its commitment to showing up at one of the biggest Mobile Conventions in the world.

The company has come out and stated that while health and safety of everyone is a top priority for the company, it will still be attending MWC Barcelona 2020 as planned to launch its latest smartphones as well as a range of smart hardware.

Xiaomi is committed to containing the current outbreak by following all effective recommended measures to safeguard the health and well-being of its employees, fans, media friends, partners and users who are coming to visit them around the world. Thus, the Chinese company have put in place further instructions regarding its global product launch on February 23, as well as at its MWC booth.

It reads:

– We will make sure that all employees traveling from China show no symptoms and will have been out of China for at least 14 calendar days before their arrival in Barcelona for our launch event and MWC.

– We will make sure all senior executives of the company scheduled to take part in any kind of activities and meetings will have been out of China for at least 14 calendar days prior to our launch event and MWC.

– We will follow GSMA’s guidance and ensure that the exhibition booth and all displayed products are disinfected on a frequent basis.

– We will make sure that all the staff with booth presentation duty are from our local offices across Europe. We will also ensure they have no symptoms for 14 calendar days before offering on ground support at our launch event and MWC booth.

For more info on the matter, head on over to Xiaomi’s official blogpost HERE.

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