Formula E has announced that it i๊s suspending all races in the 2019-2020 calend൲ar for the next two months as a response to the coronavirus crisis. 

It means the Paris and Seoul E-Prixs will be postponed, joining previously canned races in Sanya, Rome and inaugural Jakartꦏa round, the latter of which was confirmed on Wednesday. 

The Paris E-Prix was due to take place on April 18, with a first-ever race in Seౠoul set to follow on May 3, but both events have now been abandoned amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. 

Formula E is implementing a red flag system to determine different phases and time windows where races could be rearranged or remain unaffected, with March and April marked as red flags, with May currently categorised as a yellow flag and both J💙une and July currently on green flags.

“Right now is the time to take responsible actions and this is why we have decided to temporarily suspend the season and♕ move forward with introducing meas꧙ures to freeze races from taking place over the next two months," said Formula E founder and CEO Alejandro Agag.

"Motorsport pla♓ys a major part in our lives and it is imp🦩ortant, but what is more important is the health and safety of our staff, fans and their families, as well as citizens in the cities we race. 

"The ABB FIA Formula E Championship will 🐠be back in full force, once the ongoing health crisi🦩s and spread of COVID- 19 has subsided.”

COVID-19 has now officially been labelled as a pandemic by the World Heℱalth Organisation (WHO) after the number of cases outside of C꧅hina had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks. 

Over 134,918 people have been affected globally🎐 by the flu-like ꦫvirus, which has resulted in nearly 5,000 deaths.

Italy and Fr🧸a🍬nce are the two worst-affected European countries, prompting the postponement of races in Rome and Paris respectively with Italy now in a full-scale lockdown.

Meanwhile, South Korea - the host country of the seventh rou🔯nd of the 2019-20 campaign - has nearly 8000 cases and 71 deaths.  

It is understood Formula E was hoping to pencil in a behind closed doors double-header at its testing venue in Valencia but the continu♕ed rise of cases of coronavirus in Spain ha💃s led to such plans being withdrawn for the time being. 

Following the 🍌Marrakesh round on February 29, the next race currently unaffected on the Formulaꦡ E calendar is the Berlin E-Prix in Germany, which is due to take place on June 21.