By Nancy Tartaglione
09.03.2020 - 10:17 / deadline.com
By Nancy Tartaglione
International Box Office Editor/Senior Contributor
Amid the coronavirus epidemic, organizers of the Beijing International Film Festival have indefinitely postponed the event which was set to take place from April 19-26 this year. The move was expected as China has now recorded 80,735 cases of Covid-19 and 3,119 deaths. However, the National Health Commission said there were only 40 new cases recorded on Sunday, the lowest daily increase since reporting began in January.
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The Chinese government's flagship cinema event, the Beijing International Film Festival, has postponed its April 2020 edition, a move long expected amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis sweeping the globe. Organizers said a new launch date for the event, which was set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, would be unveiled in the coming weeks or months in accordance with local efforts to control the virus epidemic.
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