Davos 2021 in Singapore postponed from May to August because of COVID wave

The World Economic Forum announced yesterday that its annual meeting, which has already been postponed and moved from Switzerland to Singapore, will be pushed back again due to pandemic-related challenges.

They stressed in a statement that they remained
They stressed in a statement that they remained "confident of the measures in place to ensure a safe and effective meeting," adding that "local transmission of COVID-19 in Singapore remains at negligible levels." Photo courtesy: Twitter/@ians_india

The annual gathering of the world's political, economic and business elite is traditionally held each January in the Alpine village of Davos. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, a virtual summit of world leaders was held last month, while the physical meeting was rescheduled to take place in Singapore in May.

However, organisers stated yesterday that the upcoming summit would now be postponed again until August 17-20.

They stressed in a statement that they remained "confident of the measures in place to ensure a safe and effective meeting," adding that "local transmission of COVID-19 in Singapore remains at negligible levels."

"The change to the meeting's timing reflects the international challenges in containing the pandemic," they added.

"Current global travel restrictions have made planning difficult for an in-person meeting in the first half of the year," the WEF said. "Furthermore, differing quarantine and air transport regulations have increased the lead time necessary to ensure that participants globally can make arrangements to join."

WEF stressed the importance of its 2021 meeting, pointing out that it would "be the first global leadership summit to address the challenges of recovering from the pandemic and laying the basis for a more inclusive and sustainable world".

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