At an outdoor music festival held in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture, on August 29, we learned from interviews with prefecture officials that a cluster of new coronaviruses had occurred among participants.

The event was criticized for serving sake without thorough infection control measures.

Aichi Prefecture announced on the 7th that 14 men and women in their teens to 20s who had participated in the event held in Tokoname City earlier were confirmed to be infected, and a group of people infected with the new coronavirus = cluster occurred. Did.



According to the prefecture officials, this event was held on August 29th at the outdoor music festival "NAMIMONO GATARI2021", protesting the organizers that the prefecture and others were offering sake without thorough infection control measures. I did.



At this event, a video posted on SNS shows many young people crowding together to remove masks and cheer, and in the prefecture and Nagoya city, PCR tests are conducted free of charge for participants. was doing.



The prefecture has so far announced that the test has confirmed two infections, but this time it has not disclosed the details of the 14 people who have been identified as clusters.