ORGANIZERS of this month’s Asian Street Skateboarding Continental Championships in Singapore advised participants to withhold travel plans due to the spread of coronavirus.

The competition, a qualifying event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is scheduled for February 19 to 23 at Somerset Skatepark.

Coronavirus has infected 33 people in Singapore so far.

Organizers urged national governing bodies and related parties to withhold making travel plans until an event update.

“Singapore, the hosting country of the upcoming Asian Street Skateboarding Continental Championship 2020, has seen an increased number of cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus in recent days,” a statement on the World Skate website said.

“A number of precautionary measures have been put in place by the Singapore Ministry of health to control the spread of the virus, and the organizers of the event are continuing to maintain a high level of vigilance with regards to the situation,” the statement said.

“At this point we are advising NGB and related parties to withhold making travel plans until further notice, “ the statement added. “In addition, there is a remaining travel restriction on people with travel history to high infection territories.”

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