A grand event organized by the fans of Taylor Swift to celebrate the recent release by the singer for album ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’has led to the rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 cases after over 100 people tested out to be positive. According to a news channel, “fans who assembled at the Sydney event–‘On Repeat: Taylor Swift Red Party’ on December 10 in celebration of the singer’s latest release ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ are being asked to “immediately get tested” and quarantine for seven days after ” as at least 97 positive cases” have been confirmed”. The pop star was however not present at the event.
New South Wales Health Department has also marked the Metro Theatre in Sydney as a “new venue of concern” after the celebration of Swift’s rerelease of ‘Red.’ The news channel also reported, “NSW Health is asking all household contacts of close contacts to get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received by everyone in the household”.
The authorities have also warned people about the fines for those “who fail to abide by the isolation, testing and quarantine requisites”. NSW Health said, “It was also asking for the contacts of those who were present at the event to get Covid test and self-quarantine until a negative test report is received by everyone in the household. It said it was urgently contacting at least 600 people who checked in the event scanning a QR code.
