Amazon, Facebook, Twitter drop plans over Covid concern

Amazon Inc, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc and Pinterest Inc all said on Tuesday they will not send teams to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month as concerns grow about the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Amazon and its smart-home unit Ring said that they would not have an on-site presence at CES due to the fast-changing situation and uncertainty over the Omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported late on Tuesday.

Amazon did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment outside business hours. US wireless carrier and conference sponsor T-Mobile also said the vast majority of its contingent would no longer be going and that its chief executive would not be delivering a keynote speech in person or virtually.