The Book Foundation announced in a statement that the traditional edition of the International Book Fair was postponed following the pandemic declared by the World Health Organization.

The derby takes place at La Rural fairgrounds would hold its edition 46 but, the organizing Foundation decided to suspend all its activities to coincide with the measures taken by the Government and the City.

Preparations at the site were planned for Tuesday 21 of April, income professionals with the book 28 and the public 30 the same month. Such arrangements include traffic activity over a hundred people, and three professional days, more than ten thousand.

The statement, The Book Foundation, "Not only aware of its responsibilities for the conduct of the Fair, which has already been 45 editions, but also why it fits from the social point of view, considered absolutely relevant decisions emanating from the national authorities and the City, that protect the health of the population, From now on it will focus on resolving the many issues arising from these circumstances that we are not outside, besides insurmountable to our will ".

further, the Foundation hopes to "have the understanding of all stakeholders in our fair, either directly and indirectly, of the whole society, as the other relationships we have with the world, and hoping to overcome this trance as the development of the health situation presented today ".