Cancellation of exhibitions until further notice

Cancellation of exhibitions until further notice
  • 2020-08-02
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The CEO of the International Exhibitions Company, referring to the cancellation of the exhibitions until further notice and the establishment of a red situation in Tehran, said: The governor has promised to solve the problem within the next ten days.

According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, the start of the second phase of the corona virus outbreak these days has caused Tehran to be in the red for the first time, in contrast, activity restrictions for some classes were set by the National Corona Headquarters.

Last week, the Tehran International Exhibition, which started its activities on the 24th of Khordad with the permission of the National Corona Headquarters, was closed until further notice by the order of the Deputy Minister of Health.

Bahman Hosseinzadeh stated about the reason for the temporary closure of the International Exhibition: The International Exhibition resumed its activities on the 24th of Khordad according to the approval of the National Corona Headquarters, but on the condition that these exhibitions should be held without the presence of the public and only for specialists. Constituency to be held.

He pointed out that before the start of the exhibitions, four protocols were developed and after the approval of the Ministry of Health, the provinces were notified, he said: considering that these protocols cost us a lot, but in order to cooperate with the National Headquarters Corona as well as continuing the exhibition, we did this.

The CEO of the International Exhibitions Company stated that during this period, three exhibitions were held in which only experts were allowed to enter by invitation: The International Exhibitions Company, with forty halls and an area of ​​thirteen and a half hectares, was able to Hold all protocols and social distance. Even before each exhibition, coordination meetings were held and one person from the Ministry of Health was invited to submit suggestions for a better exhibition.

Hosseinzadeh added: "Unfortunately, last week, a mischievous journalist, during an interview, provided incorrect information to Mr. Zali about holding a detergent exhibition with five hundred companies, which caused him to announce the order to close the exhibitions." This happened while he announced this decision without visiting and investigating the holding of the exhibition and whether the information provided by this reporter or not.

He stated that we have invited the officials of the Ministry of Health several times to be present during the exhibition to visit the situation and observe the health protocol, adding: "Last week, the exhibition of detergents and disinfectants was supposed to be attended by one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty The day before the start of the exhibition, we were notified in a letter ordering the closure of the exhibition until further notice.

The official noted that the exhibitions that were held were only for specialized people and all the work was done to hold a detergent exhibition, and about twenty billion tomans were spent by the companies to build booths, which were closed due to closure, and the halls were closed. We are waiting for the opinion of the officials.

Hosseinzadeh said: "The exhibition industry with thirty-three thousand employees and daily wage workers, as well as a large area and observing a social distance of 20 meters per person in the halls, needs more cooperation from officials and we ask them to be present at the exhibition to Get acquainted with the exhibition process.

In the end, he said: Last Wednesday (August 28), a meeting was held with the governor of Tehran in the security and social working group of the Corona headquarters, and it was decided to solve this problem within the next ten days.

* Tasnim