Baftas accused of being Covid super-spreader event and derailing forthcoming Oscars
Covid at the Baftas earlier this month has led to concerns that some of the Oscar nominees who were at the event will not make the Academy Awards on Sunday (28 March).
According to US reports, the talk at the Producers Guild of America nominees breakfast this weekend was largely dedicated to worries that the Baftas at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 13 March was a super-spreader event.
One source, who tested positive for Covid just days after attending the Baftas, told The Hollywood Reporter: “It seems the weekend may have been a super-spreader event. ”Another claimed: “Literally everyone I’m speaking to at the moment says they have it. ”Many of the ceremony’s attendees would also have been present at multiple industry parties over the weekend that were not organised by Bafta.
A large number also travelled internationally and likely stayed in hotels, took taxis and ate in restaurants. One of those who tested positive after attending the ceremony was Belfast director-producer Kenneth Branagh.
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