The Venice Film Festival Carried Out 4,500 Covid Tests & Only Got 3 Positive Results

EXCLUSIVE: The Venice Film Festival, which wrapped last night, carried out 4,500 total Covid tests in 10 days, returning only three positive results, organizers have told us. That’s a reassur…

That’s a reassuringly low number for such a large international event , but testament to the festival’s solid protocols.

By comparison, Cannes at one stage was averaging three positive cases per day, but it also carried out many more tests. At one stage Cannes festival chief Thierry Frémaux said the event carried out 3,000 tests in one day. As for the three positive results in Venice, organizers told us that those people were “entrusted to the health authorities and they will follow the appropriate sanitary protocols”.

We are aware of at least one festival attendee who tested negative on departure from Italy but subsequently tested positive on arrival in their home country.

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