Spain's Pamplona cancels bull-running festival for second year in row

FILE PHOTO: Taxidermy bulls of San Fermin bullfights are seen at "El panuelico de Hemingway" souvenir shop, along the 875-meter course of the running of the bulls from a corral to the bullring, at Estafeta street during the San Fermin festival which was cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pamplona, Spain July 7, 2020. Picture taken July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

MADRID (Reuters) - The mayor of the Spanish city of Pamplona on Monday cancelled the San Fermin festival, which draws thrill-seekers from all over the world to run with fighting bulls through its streets, for a second year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"To my very despair, I'm forced to officially suspend the festival of San Fermin in 2021," mayor Enrique Maya told reporters on Monday.