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NeFestival is over! I wonder who will pay for it, said the head of Colors Holušová

The continuation of the show was made impossible by the order of hygienists to immediately limit the number of participants. Holušová described the decision as outrageous, immoral and economically devastating. He is considering legal action because of the damage.

Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch (for YES) told reporters that it never occurred to him that an event could take place in the region. According to him, epidemiologists have previously warned that larger events in the summer cannot be expected.

“We were canceled by the regional hygiene station. Because three more patients arrived in Ostrava. No one warned us. I consider such a brutal intervention incomprehensible for purely preventive reasons,” said Holušová. She added that she does not understand why people can go to the zoo indefinitely, where they are in the fresh air, but they cannot go to a concert that is outside and in an area that allows sufficient distance. “In this state, culture comes last,” she said.

The Nefestival expected that at one point, a maximum of thousands of visitors would be in one place. According to the regulation, up to 500 people can be outside together. However, they must be divided into a maximum of one hundred in separate sectors, they must not meet together. According to Holušová, creating sectors of 100 people is pointless.

“I consider it the invention of hygienists who have never been anywhere. It’s a mockery of all the people who organize something. It’s economically impossible,” she added. Holus is mainly annoyed that the emergency measures were announced by the hygienic station “from hour to hour” and no one or the organizers of other events warned her in advance. “You could have waited until midnight,” she said.

“If a festival is held in the region with the worst epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic, then in such a case there is a risk (cancellation),” the Minister of Health told the media. “I am surprised that the festival is taking place and the organizers have not decided to postpone it at this time and in this region,” he added. According to him, however, there is a debate with the regional hygienists as to whether the regulations could not apply until midnight.

According to Holušová, the current progress in the future will jeopardize the holding of other similar events not only in the Moravian-Silesian Region, because no one will be sure that they will not have to cancel it at the last minute. “It’s devastating, I wonder who will pay for it,” she said. She advised visitors who bought a ticket at the Nefestival to follow the event’s website and social networks.

NeFestival Colors of Ostrava 2020:

NeFestival started on Wednesday, it was supposed to last until Saturday. Due to measures against coronavirus, the organizers moved the popular Colors of Ostrava festival to next year.

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