“All the tests will take place normally. ASO (Amaury Sport Organization), the organizing company of the Paris half-marathon, confirmed on Wednesday that the 28th edition of the pedestrian race will take place this Sunday in the streets of the capital.
At the beginning of the week, Patrick Pelloux, president of the association of emergency physicians of France, had publicly questioned the advisability of maintaining large gatherings of this type taking into account the risk of propagation of the epidemic of coronavirus.
The Paris police prefecture, which relies on the recommendations of the General Directorate of Health, has so far not received requests to cancel the event. "The organization remains attentive to all the recommendations that may be given to it by the health authorities", specifies ASO. Sunday morning, 44,000 runners (a record) should line up at the start of the race which will cross the 12th arrondissement, the Bois de Vincennes and the 4th arrondissement.
This announcement comes on the day of the Irish Rugby Federation's match for the Ireland-Italy Six Nations Tournament. Scheduled for March 7, the meeting has been postponed.
