With the advent of Coronavirus and the accompanying fears it brings alongside it, the music world has been rather cautious about concerts and festivals, with a majority of them announcing cancellations. Now, it looks like someone has attended a Tool concert while infected with Coronavirus, which doesn’t bode well for Tool fans who have recently caught the band live.
According to authorities, a man in his 30s attended the Tool show at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, Feb. 28. Spark Arena holds 12,000 people and completely sold out in the name of Tool. Just prior to the Tool concert, he had travelled to northern Italy with his female partner where there have been at least 1,694 confirmed coronavirus cases and 34 deaths across the country.
His partner was confirmed to have the coronavirus at some point this week, and the man stated Thursday that he’s also infected, according to the Guardian. It’s unclear when the man caught the virus. However, the incubation period—or the period of time between catching the virus and showing symptoms—for COVID-19 ranges 1-14 days. WHO reports most of those who have been affected start showing symptoms in five days.
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield confirmed he has been in self-isolation since Wednesday, according to The New Zealand Herald. Bloomfield also stated casual contact at the show could be in the hundreds.
“We encourage all people in the area of the concert to be aware of the symptoms and contact the Healthline if concerned,” Bloomfield told the outlet. “The advice is that the risk is very low for all others who attended this concert.”
“There was no way of tracking the people who were in that area of the concert, they are classed as causal contacts and the advice to them is to call Healthline if they have any symptoms,” Bloomfield continued. “The people we are focused on tracking down the close contacts and health officials have been in touch with all those people.”
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