2020 Geneva motor show cancelled: Swiss govt bans mass gatherings to stem coronavirus spread

The 2020 Geneva motor show has been cancelled, following a ban by the Swiss government on gatherings of 1000 people or more. The ban was enacted tonight in response to the growing risk of a coronavirus pandemic in Europe, with hundreds of confirmed cases and over a dozen dead already confirmed in northern Italy. France has also suffered two deaths so far, with 17 confirmed cases.