Here are the latest major events that have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Burning Man, and the 74th Annual Tony Awards

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• Events are being canceled and postponed worldwide to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, which emerged in Wuhan, China, late last year and was labeled a pandemic by WHO in March.
• Countries across the world are enacting lockdown restrictions: Italy placed a 6 p.m. curfew on its citizens and banned all nonessential activities, France is prohibiting people from leaving their homes unless absolutely necessary, and President Trump is encouraging Americans to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people.
• The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are delayed to 2021, and the Cannes Film Festival and the 74th Annual Tony Awards are being postponed from their original dates in May and June, respectively.
• South by Southwest, the annual media festival in Austin, Texas, was canceled March 6 because of the outbreak, and Coachella was postponed to the weekends of October 9 and October 16.
• Many other noteworthy events, from conferences to festivals to sporting events, have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus, including Facebook's annual F8 conference and the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
• Here's a round-up of major events that have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak so far.
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The Burning Man festival will not take place in-person in Nevada. Instead, Burning Man Project CEO Marian Goodell said it will be held virtually in 2020, the logistics of which are still to be determined.

Source: Burning Man Journal

The 74th Annual Tony Awards, scheduled to be aired on June 7th on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in New York, are being postponed to "a later date" that organizers say will be announced once Broadway reopens, potentially in mid April.

Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

Source: Tony Awards Productions

The 2020 Olympics, destination Tokyo, will be rescheduled to July 23, 2021.

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Source: Business Insider Australia

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