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For this calendar year, at least. Citing the growing incidences of the COVID-19 Delta variant and increased measures announced recently by State and local officials to stop its spread, organizers announced today there will not be a show this year after all. The plan was for the event to kick off August 19, after having previously been rescheduled four times.
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Now organizers are instead looking forward to April 2022, a point at which they ‘firmly believe’ they will once again be able to host the world’s motoring press and the general public.
The New York International Auto Show, which had been scheduled to open to the public in just two weeks, has been canceled due to concerns about the Covid-19 Delta variant
The 2021 New York International Auto Show has been canceled for the second straight year as concern grows amidst rapid spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September to help ensure that vaccine doses are available in countries where few people have received their first shots.
The 2021 New York International Automobile Show that was rescheduled to be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center later this month has been canceled. Organizers blame Covid-19 Delta variant cases and new coronavirus rules in New York City.