COVID canceled this major event for the first time since the Second World War
This historic event was canceled for only the eighth time of its 134-year-old story.
The Pandemic of Covid-19 has undoubtedly changed the world. Even as places reopen, life is nowhere where it was pre-coronavirus. States areforce people to wear face masksThe stores have reduced capabilities and the indoor dining room is only possible in some states. So there is theMany canceled events This year, because of the virus list - a list that now includes the Fair of the State of Texas, which has not been canceled since the Second World War.
"With a heavy heart, we announce that theThe state of Texas will not open for the 2020 season, "A statement on the Fair's website indicates." We believe that the spirit of the Star Lone State is in the ability of all Texan to take care of their neighbor and that it was in this spirit, we decided to keep our guests, staff and safe partners and healthy during these uncertain moments. "
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The Fair of the State was originally planned at the beginning of September 25th to October 1st. However, as an excessive coronavirus unemployment around the country, particularly in Texas-Gina Norris, Chairman of the State of the State of Texas, stated that there wasNo way to allow the fair to continue on Secondly "while maintaining the equitable environment you know and like." The decision to cancel the 2020 season was official by a majority of the Fair of the Fair of the State of the Texas Board of Directors on July 7th.
This cancellation is only the eighth of the history of 134 years of the fair, according to their website. The last time he was canceled was back in 1945 during the Second World War. Before that, the fair did not opened in 1918 because of the First World War, due to the planning of the Centennial Exhibition of Texas and from 1935 to 1937 for the Pan American exhibition in Fair Park. Currently, the State still plans to host the following event in 2021, provisionally planned at 24 September to 17 October.
"Although we can not predict what the CIVID-19 pandemic will look like in September, theRecent surgePositive cases aredisturbing forallNorth Texas.The the safestand the most responsibledecision we could doFor all involvedAt this stage of our history of 134, you have to take a hiatus for the season of the 2020s, "said Norris in his statement.
While coronavirus case figures have increased in many states across the country in recent weeks, propagation has beenparticularly severe in the South and in Texas. According toThe New York Times,Texas currently has more than 210 000 cases and has reached a new daily record of 9181 new cases of coronavirus on July 6. 6. And for more information on how coronaviruses affect certain states, discoverThe epicenter of the Pandemic of Covid has just published this new shocking order.
