Cannes (AFP)
"There is no Cannes cluster," said Cannes Festival general delegate Thierry Frémaux on Saturday, on the fifth day of an edition organized against the backdrop of the Covid-19 epidemic.
"Yesterday, we made more than 3,000 tests and zero positive cases. All that 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 until 'at the end of the day, let the pandemic stop, "he said shortly before the start of a screening.
"0 positive test. It was 1 the day before and 2 on average since the opening", added on Twitter the President of the Festival, Pierre Lescure.
Thursday, following the posting on social networks of photos showing spectators not wearing masks during screenings, Mr. Frémaux had stepped up to the plate, reminding festival-goers that their wearing was the rule indoors.
A message from Pierre Lescure is even now broadcast for this purpose at each start of the screening.
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.
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