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Covid-19: only eleven cases of contamination after test concerts in England

2021-05-27T20:47:00.315Z


Four events brought together 13,000 people, mainly in Liverpool, where concerts were organized. Some 13,000 people, four events without masks or distancing and only a few cases of contamination. British health authorities are pleased this Wednesday with the low transmission of Covid-19 during test gatherings organized at the beginning of the month, reports the BBC. The weekend of May 1, two concerts brought together 3,000 people two nights in a row in a nightclub in Liverpool. To access it,


Some 13,000 people, four events without masks or distancing and only a few cases of contamination.

British health authorities are pleased this Wednesday with the low transmission of Covid-19 during test gatherings organized at the beginning of the month, reports the BBC.

The weekend of May 1, two concerts brought together 3,000 people two nights in a row in a nightclub in Liverpool.

To access it, it was necessary to provide proof of a negative antigenic screening for Covid-19.

Participants were also invited to perform a PCR test before and after the event "to inform research and ensure that any transmission of the virus is properly monitored," said the government.

Hand disinfectant gel was available on site, but the wearing of a mask was not compulsory.

On May 2, the same rules were in effect for a concert in Sefton Park.

These three events, as well as a conference, brought together 13,000 people, says the BBC, and only 11 were infected with Covid-19.

Less than half of returned PCR tests

But downside, less than half of all participants returned their PCR test.

It is "without a doubt a success", nevertheless affirms the director of public health of Liverpool, Matt Ashton to the BBC.

While he believes that reopening entertainment venues remains "incredibly complex and difficult", it is also "incredibly important" and the data from these tests "will be a key piece of the puzzle".

At the end of April, the results of a test in Barcelona had concluded "that no sign of transmission" had been detected during a concert bringing together 5,000 people.

On May 29, 5,000 spectators will attend an Indochina concert at the AccorHotels Arena (Bercy) for a test concert. All will be tested from three days before the event and seven days after. "The preliminary results will be known at the end of June and followed by a scientific publication", explained last week Professor Constance Delaugerre, virologist at the Paris Saint-Louis hospital.

Source: leparis

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