Bavaria on Tuesday cancelled Germany's giant beer festival Oktoberfest this year, the first time the major event has been called of since World War II.
The pandemic has wiped major cultural and sporting events off the global calendar, and officials in Germany said holding the annual beer fest would be too risky given the outbreak.
The event is held annually from late September to October and was expected to draw six million visitors.
But it is too dangerous to hold it "as long as there is no vaccine", Bavaria state premier Markus Soeder said.
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