The number of attendees of the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) conference in Paris to contract coronavirus has now increased to seven — highlighting the urgent need for attendees to get tested for COVID-19.

The EthCC conference took place from March three until March 5 — just a few days prior to the Macron regime banning all public gatherings of more than 1,000 people in French republic.

First confirmed COVID-19 case among EthCC attendees announced on March 11

The first confirmed case amid EthCC conference-goers was TorusLabs co-founder, Zhen Yu Yong, who tweeted that he had been diagnosed with coronavirus on March 11.

Zhen urged anyone who had come up into contact with him during either the EthCC or the ETHLondon hackathon at the end of February to get tested.

"I barbarous ill yesterday and have merely been diagnosed with #COVID2019. Everybody who had close contact @EthCC_ or @ETHLondon with me should accept actress precautions and/or become tested."

Confirmed cases jumps to 7 by March 15

On March 14, six boosted cases were confirmed amongst EthCC attendees.

The infected individuals include independent Afri Shoedon, the author of the ERC-777 token standard Jacques Dafflon, investment bank Werner Jacob, Gnosis' Marco, Atpar's Johannes Pfeffer, and an private whose identity has not been revealed.

Crypto companies ordered to disembalm coronavirus mitigation plans

On March ten, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) sent letters to all regulated institutions operating with cryptocurrencies requesting that they submit detailed "preparedness plans" for the risks associated with the coronavirus epidemic.

"It is critical that each regulated entity establish plans to address how it will manage the effects of the outbreak and assess disruptions and other risks to its services and operations," the regulator stated.

The letter also mandates that crypto businesses notify the NYDFS if their positive networth drops below a required threshold higher up their minimum required capitalization.

Coronavirus risks drive crypto conferences online

The pandemic outbreak has led to numerous virtual currency conferences being postponed or canceled — including the DC BLockchain Summit, Bitcoin 2022, the Paris Blockchain Week.

Other conferences have sought to atmospheric condition the crisis by migrating online, such every bit London Blockchain Week, and Consensys 2022.