"Ngalesi sikhathi sezinkinga zezempilo emhlabeni wonke, imicabango yethu iya kwabahlukunyezwa yi-Covid-19 futhi sizwakalisa ubumbano lwethu nabo bonke abalwa nalesi sifo," kusho lo mkhosi esitatimendeni, uxwayisa ngokuthi usuku oluqondile belungakafiki. ikhethiwe ukuze ihlelwe kabusha.
"Ngokushesha nje lapho ukuthuthuka kwesimo sezempilo saseFrance nesamazwe omhlaba kuzosivumela ukuthi sihlole ukuthi kungenzeka yini ngempela, sizosazisa isinqumo sethu."
ICannes Festival ayikaze ihlehliswe kusukela kwashicilelwa okokuqala ngo-1946, yize yakhanselwa ngo-1968 ngenxa yezibhelu zabafundi eFrance. Izwe lihlaselwe kanzima yi-coronavirus - ngemuva kwe-Italy neSpain, inamacala amaningi, angu-10,995 kusukela ngoLwesine. Inani lokufa lenyuke ngamaphesenti angama-41 kunosuku olwedlule.
UMongameli u-Emmanuel Macron umemezele "impi" ngaleli gciwane ngoLwesibili ngokubeka indawo yokuhlala yedwa ehlelelwe ukuhlala izinsuku eziyi-15. Abantu bavunyelwe ukushiya amakhaya abo ukuze bathenge izinto ezibalulekile kanye nemithi futhi bazivocavoce kancane, futhi noma ubani otholakala ngaphandle ngaphandle kwencazelo ebhaliwe yebhizinisi lakhe angahlawuliswa.
UCannes ujoyina uhlu olude lwemikhosi ezohlehliswa ngenxa ye-coronavirus, okuhlanganisa ne-Tribeca Film Festival kanye neCannes Lions. Abanye bakhanseliwe, okuhlanganisa iSouth by Southwest, Glastonbury Music Festival, kanye ne-Eurovision Song Contest.
