Pokémon GO cancels Lugia event due to coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has been causing problems in recent months, it has even affected video games such as Pokémon GO, which has had the obligation to suspend several of its events to prevent people from leaving their homes. Some of those that have been canceled are the Community Day and Community of Abra, but now it is the turn of the expected event of Lugia Raid that cannot be celebrated either by game users.

Meanwhile, Niantic has decided to leave the Legendary Raid Boss himself: Cobalion

, which will remain in this state until March 31. On the other hand, the developers have also shared on their official Twitter that the players will be able to perform in Liga Combates GO and have announced a new feature called "View Today!, which will be a news section within the game to keep users informed of future events, streaks, bonuses and content.

Good news, Trainers! You will soon see …
⭐ Ongoing events
⭐ Active bonuses
⭐ Daily streaks
…and much more. And everything in-game!

We are happy to be able to present our new feature: Today's view! More information: https://t.co/NLlbGUna0h pic.twitter.com/PajMnNNrbr

– Pokémon GO Spain (@PokemonGOespana) March 24, 2020

For a limited time, this will be the League #GOBattle and Coach Matches with friends.
🥊 You will not need to walk to enter the GO Fighting League.
🥊 You will be able to send Trainer Combat challenges to Good friends and Great friends.https://t.co/JCc6jxb0Dz

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– Pokémon GO Spain (@PokemonGOespana) March 23, 2020

At the moment, Niantic has not mentioned anything about a rescheduling for the Lugia Raid event, but it is expected that after Cobalion to retire and things get better With the COVID-19, it can arrive without problems for the players to face. Likewise, the developers will keep all the followers who want to know about the upcoming events of Pokémon GO informed.