This week on Dezeen, the Salone del Mobile fair in Milan was postponed until June as events across Europe were disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak.
The world's most significant furniture fair, Salone del Mobile, has been delayed until June because of an outbreak of the Covid-19 strain of coronavirus in northern Italy.
The decision to reschedule the event was supported by a slew of leading designers including Ross Lovegrove, who told Dezeen "it's better to postpone [the fair] and guarantee its cultural and commercial success later".
Other events including the Geneva Motor Show and Frankfurt's Light + Building have also been cancelled in an attempt to prevent the virus further spreading. However, organisers of the MIPIM property fair ? announced that it will still be going ahead in March. Sun Dayong designs wearable shield to protect against coronavirus outbreaks
The alarming rise of coronavirus also prompted Chinese architect Sun Dayong to design a wearable shield that could protect people from getting infected.
While the shield is just a concept for now, it would be embedded with wires that heat up and kill close-proximity pathogens.
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