Paris marathon cancelled due to rising Covid-19 cases
This year’s Paris Marathon has been canceled due to rising cases of the Covid-19 pandemic in France. The Paris Marathon was originally scheduled to be held on April 5, but was postponed to November 15 due to Corona. The organizers issued a statement on Wednesday, stating that it has been decided to cancel the Paris Marathon this year in view of the growing cases of Corona.
Organizers said they recently tried to organize the race in November, but it was not possible to do it due to travel restrictions. “It was difficult for many runners coming from abroad to make it available for November 14-15,” the organizers said in a statement, and it was decided that it would be better that we organize the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris in 2021.
The organizers said that in these circumstances it would be difficult for many runners, especially those coming from outside, to participate. The organizers also said that an attempt will be made to organize this marathon in 2021. More than 40 thousand runners usually take part in this marathon.
Now the focus will be on the 2021 stage marathon. Runners registering for this year’s race will automatically be registered for next year’s race. The number of corona infected in France has increased to 239,355 and 30,328 people have died.
The havoc of the global pandemic Corona virus (Covid-19) has affected 188 countries of the world and the number of infected worldwide has exceeded 20 million. At the same time, about 7.39 lakh people have died so far. The United States ranks first in the world, Brazil in second and India in the third place in case of Covid-19 infected.
On the other hand, in the number of deaths due to this pandemic, America is first, Brazil is second, Mexico is third and Britain is in fourth place, while India is in fifth place in the number of deaths. According to data released by John Hopkins University’s Center for Science and Engineering (CSSE), Corona has infected 20,209,647 people worldwide and caused 739,960 deaths.
