Allay fears. This is the mission given to himself by Thierry Frémaux, the general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival. “There is no Cannes cluster,” he said on Saturday, the fifth day of an edition organized against the backdrop of the Covid-19 epidemic. For several days, the images of a crowd without a mask have been making a lot of talk on social networks.
Sorry, I spoke too soon: They have to reset the stage, so every French person here used this break to BOOK IT to the smoking patio pic.twitter.com/ksj5he2Pc6
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“Yesterday, we did more than 3,000 tests and zero positive cases. All this to say that the rumors of a Cannes cluster are unfounded. We are all very careful, we all want to be exemplary, that the festival goes to the end, that the pandemic stops, ”he said shortly before the start of a screening.
“0 positive test. It was 1 the day before ”
Following the dissemination on social networks of photos showing spectators not wearing masks during screenings, Thierry Frémaux stepped up to the plate, reminding festival-goers that their wearing was the rule indoors. A message from the President of the Festival, Pierre Lescure is now even broadcast to this effect at each start of the screening.
“0 positive test. It was 1 the day before and 2 on average since the opening, added Pierre Lescure on Twitter. That’s good, but we know how everything can get carried away. So we don’t let go. As for those who continue to think that we are not doing things seriously, that they use their energy and their contempt to attack the vaccine refractory. “
A health defense council, around Emmanuel Macron, must be held next Monday to take new measures to avoid a fourth wave of Covid-19 in France.