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CAN postpones Infotech fair considering COVID surge

Kathmandu, Jan. 11

The CAN Infotech 2022 is postponed due to the increasing rate of coronavirus contagion.

Issuing a press statement, the Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) Federation said on Tuesday that the 27th edition of the largest exhibition of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is halted until further notice.

"Preparations were at the final stage to organise the Infotech at the Bhrikutimandap Exhibition Centre from February 1 to 6. IME Pay and Smart Choice Technologies have sponsored the event but the event is postponed due to health risk posed by the pandemic," General Secretary of CAN Federation, Narayan Thapa, said.

The CAN Federation has postponed the event considering the raging expansion of COVID-19 contagion, and the decisions of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) and districts in the Kathmandu Valley.

Earlier, the organiser had announced that the exhibition would be organised in hybrid from – physically at the Bhrikutimandap as wells as online.

The expo was halted last year due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown. It has been organised regularly since 1995. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 12 January 2022.

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