{"id":109890,"date":"2020-03-04T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/359125"},"modified":"2020-03-04T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:04:00","slug":"the-esa-is-actively-assessing-new-covid-19-info-but-says-e3-is-still-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/04\/the-esa-is-actively-assessing-new-covid-19-info-but-says-e3-is-still-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The ESA is &#8216;actively assessing&#8217; new COVID-19 info, but says E3 is still on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Entertainment Software Association has posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theesa.com\/statements\/e3-is-proceeding-as-planned-for-a-safe-and-successful-show\/\">updated statement<\/a> on June\u2019s E3 plans as concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>In that statement, the ESA says that E3 is currently still planned to take place in Los Angeles on June 9-11, but that it is actively \u201cmonitoring and evaluating the situation daily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ESA\u2019s updated comments come hours after the county of Los Angeles declared a state of emergency, a step that ultimately allows local governments to better access and allocate funds for preventative measures and continue to monitor the virus\u2019 spread. Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-03-04\/los-angeles-county-declares-coronavirus-emergency-6-new-cases\">reported its first COVID-19-related death<\/a> today, and has reported seven confirmed cases so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe health and safety of our attendees, exhibitors, partners, and staff is our top priority,\u201d reads the statement. \u201cWhile the ESA continues to plan for a safe and successful E3 show June 9-11, 2020\u2014we are monitoring and evaluating the situation daily. Our E3 team and partners continue to monitor COVID-19 via the&nbsp;Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&nbsp;(CDC) and the&nbsp;World Health Organization&nbsp;(WHO). We are actively assessing the latest information and will continue to develop measures to&nbsp;further reduce health risks&nbsp;at the show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Entertainment Software Association has posted an updated statement on June\u2019s E3 plans as concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continue to rise. In that statement, the ESA says that E3 is currently still planned to take place in Los Angeles on June 9-11, but that it is actively \u201cmonitoring and evaluating the situation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}