Refund of WC registration fee due to coronavirus

[Nerdom]

This has been talked about in depth here:

Corona Virus's play into the Worlds Competition

This got brought up while my group of friends was jokin-- talking about the Corona Virus: won’t Chinese teams have a hard time participating at Worlds? Or maybe some teams will just be missing a few member, i dunno, what do you guys think?

The current response from Dan is:

Corona Virus's play into the Worlds Competition

Thank you for tagging me. We are very aware there is considerable international media coverage on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We are also aware the Center for Disease Control has identified this virus as a “very serious public health threat,” but the CDC cautions that the immediate risk to the American public remains low at this time. The REC Foundation is keeping informed on this matter through regular contact with the CDC. The REC Foundation is working with local and state author…

We will receive final word about this in the second week of March, which is next week.