Two outbreaks of Covid-19 contamination have been identified in nightclubs located in eastern France with, each time, several dozen people affected, health authorities said. At the Discopolis de Charmes, in the Vosges, “an Indian variant cluster [Delta] was detected among the inhabitants of the area. The contact tracing carried out by the health insurance made it possible to identify 44 people “, according to a press release from the prefecture and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Grand Est.
1000 contact cases identified
Those affected were infected over three evenings, July 13, 16 and 17, and the numbers could increase further as 1,000 contact cases have been identified, according to the ARS. In addition, in Mathay, in the Doubs, 85 people tested positive after also three evenings on July 13, 16 and 17 at the Cario Club, indicated the ARS Bourgogne Franche-Comté. The establishment has already closed its doors, said the prefecture of Doubs.
The president of the scientific council, Jean-François Delfraissy, questioned on Friday morning by BFMTV, considered that it was “dangerous” in epidemic terms to frequent nightclubs, reopened with health passes, ensuring that they had in several countries, particularly in the Netherlands, which was the source of peak contamination. In Bordeaux, 81 people tested positive after three techno evenings organized in mid-July in a club in the city while testimonies on social networks questioned compliance with health checks.
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