The Iforamu Yezomnotho Yomhlaba (WEF) imemezele kusizindalwazi sayo ukuthi umcimbi wayo waminyaka yonke ngo ebanjelwe eDavos, eSwitzerland, ebihlelelwe uJanuwari 17-21, 2022, ikhanseliwe ngenxa "yokungaqiniseki okuqhubekayo" okubangelwa ukuqubuka okusha kwe-Omicron.
Ngokuvumelana ne WEF, izimo zamanje eziphathelene nokusabalala kwenguqulo entsha ye-COVID-19 zenza kube “nzima kakhulu ukuletha umhlangano womhlaba mathupha,” nokuthi “naphezu kwezimiso eziqinile zezempilo zomhlangano, ukudluliswa kwe-Omicron nomthelela wayo ekuhambeni nasekuhambeni. ukuhamba kwenze ukuhlehliswa kwadingeka."
Iforamu esikhundleni salokho izobamba uchungechunge lwamaseshini aku-inthanethi ahlanganisa ababambiqhaza “ukuze bagxile ekubumbeni izixazululo zezinselelo ezicindezela kakhulu emhlabeni.”
Umqedazwe we-coronavirus womhlaba wonke uphazamise umbuthano wendabuko kaJanuwari e-Swiss Alps unyaka wesibili olandelanayo.
The 2021 ebanjelwe eDavos Isithangami sahlehliswa kabusha ukuthi sibe ngo-Agasti 2021 eSingapore kodwa sabe sesikhanselwa. Umcimbi webhizinisi ka-2022 manje kulindeleke ukuthi wenzeke ekuqaleni kwehlobo, kusho abahleli be-WEF.
The I-World Economic Forum yasungulwa ngo-1971 njengesisekelo esingenzi nzuzo futhi ikomkhulu layo lise-Geneva. Umcimbi wezomnotho omkhulu waminyaka yonke emhlabeni, oheha abaholi bamabhizinisi nosopolitiki abavela emhlabeni wonke.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- According to WEF, the current circumstances surrounding the spread of the new variant of COVID-19 make it “extremely difficult to deliver a global in-person meeting,” and that “despite the meeting's stringent health protocols, the transmissibility of Omicron and its impact on travel and mobility have made deferral necessary.
- The World Economic Forum was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva.
- The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on its website that its annual event in Davos, Switzerland, originally scheduled for January 17-21, 2022, has been cancelled due to “continued uncertainty” caused by the new Omicron outbreak.