Stagecoach, a country music festival held at the same venue, will also be rescheduled. Coachella , the music festival that attracts thousands of tanned bandanna-wearers to southern California each spring, has been postponed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus , organisers announced Tuesday. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is the latest major event to have its plans changed due to the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Event organisers across the country have been canceling conferences, festivals and other occasions out of concern for public health. Testing efforts across the US have been sluggish and the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has surpassed 600, reported The Associated Press.

Source: Huffington Post March 10, 2020 23:03 UTC