The two test evenings planned for this Saturday in nightclubs in Paris on the risks of transmission of Covid in vaccinated people were postponed “to a later date” for lack of sufficient volunteers, announced the organizers.
The organizers, who hoped to recruit 4,400 fully vaccinated Ile-de-France residents, aged 18 to 49, indicated that the “number of volunteers (was ultimately) not sufficient to allow the study to provide, in the current epidemic context, conclusive results ”, in a press release.
“Come back at night”
Called “Come back at night”, and piloted by the research agency ANRS / Emerging infectious diseases with the AP-HP (Public Assistance – Hospitals of Paris), the experiment was to take place from 11 pm this Saturday to 6 am Sunday. , in two rooms, the Cabaret sauvage (19th arrondissement) and the Machine du Moulin Rouge (18th).
“The scientific, logistical and artistic teams remain mobilized and united on this project for an experiment which will be held at a later date when all the conditions necessary for its realization will be favorable and more conducive to the time of research”, continues the press release.
Tests to possibly adapt health measures
The aim of the experiment was to assess “the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during indoor clubbing events, at full gauge, in vaccinated people”, explained before the report the project coordinator, Dr Jérémy Zeggagh. According to the government’s deconfinement plan, nightclubs must reopen on July 9, with vaccination or negative test, level of 75% of the public, wearing of the mask recommended.
The study was not supposed to affect these measures already announced, but the organizers hoped that its results, which they promised by the end of July, could allow them to possibly be adapted after the summer. The evenings were to be hosted by renowned DJs: veteran Laurent Garnier, Étienne De Crécy, Pedro Winter, Kiddy Smile, Chloé, Bambounou, Mad Rey, Roni and Rag.