 However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, church leaders announced on March 11, 2020 that the sessions of General Conference, which was planned to convene in the Conference Center, would be held virtually and would also be closed to the public.As the coronavirus continued to have a widespread impact on a global basis, church leaders announced additional adjustments on March 19, 2020.That announcement noted that the First Presidency would preside at the conference and conduct each session, but that each session would originate from a small auditorium on Temple Square.