Closed for a year and a half, nightclubs reopened on July 9.
Ready for this big evening, 670 people took part in a techno evening at Hangar FL in Bordeaux.
Result: 21 cases of Covid-19 and the start of a cluster were confirmed by the Regional Health Agency of Nouvelle-Aquitaine this Saturday.
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As of Thursday, July 15, several messages denounced a cluster and an increase in cases following this evening. The participants assured that the organizer had not checked the health passes, however compulsory for this kind of event. “
After 2 am, it doesn't check anything anymore… Not serious, all that, Covid cluster hangar.
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I am positive and not the only one! The least thing would have been to communicate even by private messages if you didn't want it to be known!
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We had a police check in the early evening.
They made sure we had our scans for the QR Codes.
Logically, everything was done within the rules.
Moreover, out of the 750 people expected, 80 did not come or were turned away because they were not the nails,
”added Thierry Costes to
Sud-Ouest
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It was the ARS of Nouvelle-Aquitaine which confirmed the existence of a cluster. The figure of 21 identified cases could increase in the coming days. Gérald Darmanin asked the prefects on July 18 for the greatest firmness. The Minister of the Interior called in particular for the administrative closure of nightclubs that do not respect the control of the health pass.