MIDO Reschedules

What’s wrong with the photo above? Everyone is wearing a jacket. Now they may not need to this year.

MIDO, the largest optical trade show in the world, which was scheduled to celebrate its 50th Anniversary this weekend, was abruptly postponed last weekend after a rapid outbreak of the Coronavirus in various suburbs of Milan in the Italian state of Lombardy.

With unknown and growing concerns about the spread of the disease, the Board of MIDO met and decided that it was in the best interests of the community and attendees from around the world that the conference should be postponed until the immediate crises had passed. Since that decision was made, all large scale public and sporting events were urged to cancel or postpone those events by the government.