• Health authorities have not identified a Covid-19 cluster after the Losc victory.

  • To celebrate the title of French champion of their team, thousands of supporters gathered in Lille the same evening and the next day.

  • The parade officially organized by the town hall of Lille had also caused controversy.

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According to the Regional Health Agency (ARS), the health authorities have not "identified" any outbreaks of Covid-19 contamination in Lille following the gatherings of thousands of people to celebrate the title of French champion of Losc .

No identified cluster therefore affirms, Friday, the ARS to our colleagues from AFP.

And no "change in the trend of the incidence rate which has continued to decline" after these gatherings in the Lille metropolis, we say on the side of Public Health France.

Two parties over two days and thousands of people gathered

As a reminder, from the final whistle of the match which confirmed the title of French champion of Losc, thousands of Mastiff supporters had flocked from all sides to the Grand'Place in Lille, Sunday, May 24.

They were between 8,000 and 10,000 to party, most of the time without a mask and without respect for distances, had observed

20 minutes

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The day after this spontaneous and improvised gathering, the town hall of Lille, in agreement with the prefecture, had organized a parade of players aboard a double-decker bus in the streets of the city.

There again, thousands of Losc fans had responded, but this time showing more respect for sanitary instructions.

Two events that had made some cringe, starting with those of officials of local health services.

They felt that the festivities should have been better supervised and reduced by the authorities.

The world of cycling had also cried injustice, demanding in particular the return of the public to the races.

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