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Crowds of people at a past Ohio State Fair
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine his wife Fran and grandchildren at the Ohio State Fair.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine his wife Fran and grandchildren at the Ohio state fair.AP
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No fair!

The widely attended Ohio State Fair — scheduled to begin in late July — was cancelled Thursday to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to reps for the event.

“Togetherness is a challenge this year, and we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s fair,” the Ohio State Fair announced on Twitter.

Organizers spent weeks poring through health information to determine whether its worth moving forward with the outdoor celebration at partial capacity in Columbus amid the pandemic, according to WBNS-TV.

But the Ohio Expositions Commission ultimately determined Thursday morning that allowing visitors to flock to the fair creates too much of a public health risk, and voted unanimously to cancel it.

“We will move ahead be better and have a 2021 Fair,” Ohio Expo Center and State Fair General Manager Virgil Stickler said, according to the local news site Dayton 24/7 Now.

The event, which last year drew nearly 1 million people, was scheduled to begin July 29 and run through August 9.

Instead of coming together in person, “we’ll celebrate agriculture and our great state at a distance,” the fair said in a statement.

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