(Bloomberg) -- U.S. asset manager BlackRock Inc. postponed an investment conference slated for next week in the Polish capital due to concern over the coronavirus epidemic, the organizers said by email on Monday.

a close up of a hand holding a blue object: TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: Health personnel wait to test people's temperature in the triage area at the Molinette hospital as they try to prevent further coronavirus cases on February 26, 2020 in Turin, Italy. Communities across northern Italy have seen the suspension of public events and church services, and the closure of grade schools, universities and museums after coronavirus cases rose to 374 and 12 dead since last Friday. Twelve towns have been locked down entirely, with road blocks preventing the exit and entrance of people. The government has also imposed quarantines for those who have had close contact with confirmed cases of the illness. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) © Photographer: Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Europe TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: Health personnel wait to test people's temperature in the triage area at the Molinette hospital as they try to prevent further coronavirus cases on February 26, 2020 in Turin, Italy. Communities across northern Italy have seen the suspension of public events and church services, and the closure of grade schools, universities and museums after coronavirus cases rose to 374 and 12 dead since last Friday. Twelve towns have been locked down entirely, with road blocks preventing the exit and entrance of people. The government has also imposed quarantines for those who have had close contact with confirmed cases of the illness. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) a close up of a hand holding a blue object: TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: Health personnel wait to test people's temperature in the triage area at the Molinette hospital as they try to prevent further coronavirus cases on February 26, 2020 in Turin, Italy. Communities across northern Italy have seen the suspension of public events and church services, and the closure of grade schools, universities and museums after coronavirus cases rose to 374 and 12 dead since last Friday. Twelve towns have been locked down entirely, with road blocks preventing the exit and entrance of people. The government has also imposed quarantines for those who have had close contact with confirmed cases of the illness. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) © Photographer: Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Europe TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 26: Health personnel wait to test people's temperature in the triage area at the Molinette hospital as they try to prevent further coronavirus cases on February 26, 2020 in Turin, Italy. Communities across northern Italy have seen the suspension of public events and church services, and the closure of grade schools, universities and museums after coronavirus cases rose to 374 and 12 dead since last Friday. Twelve towns have been locked down entirely, with road blocks preventing the exit and entrance of people. The government has also imposed quarantines for those who have had close contact with confirmed cases of the illness. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images)

While no confirmed cases of the virus have been detected in Poland, BlackRock has imposed an internal travel ban “for at least the next 14 days.”

“We think that in the next couple of weeks the situation will calm down and therefore are postponing the whole event to the beginning of May, 2020,” the company said in a statement.

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