サンドイッチもシェア？　橋の上で５００メートルの相席ディナー　チェコ

【プラハＡＦＰ＝時事】チェコ・プラハのカレル橋で先月30日、国内における新型コロナウイルス危機の終わりを祝うイベントが開かれ、500メートルにわたり設けられたテーブルで人々が相席を楽しんだ。（写真はカレル橋に設けられたテーブルで、食事を楽しむ人々）
　ＥＵ加盟国でもあるチェコの人口は１０７０万人。早期から新型ウイルス対策を導入したことで、感染者は１万２０００人未満、死者は３５０人未満にとどまっている。現在、対策の多くを緩和している。
　１４世紀にできた橋の上の５００メートルにわたるテーブルで、人々は家から持ちよった軽食や飲み物を分け合い、祝いの席を楽しんだ。
　今回のイベントを主催したオンドジェイ・コブザさん（４１）は「参加者は食べ物や花など、何かしらを持ちよることにした。みんなを巻き込むことが狙いだった」とＡＦＰに語った。コブザさんは、プラハでカフェを営んでいる。
　「人々が集い、誰かに会うことを怖がらない様子や、誰かのサンドイッチを一口もらうことを恐れていない様子を示すことで、新型コロナウイルス危機の終わりを祝いたかった」
　「怖がってはならない。さもないと経済危機や不況が起こり、新型コロナウイルス感染症（ＣＯＶＩＤ-１９）よりも大きな打撃を社会に与えるだろう」とコブザさんは語った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/07/01-13:08）

Crowds gathered on Prague's Charles Bridge on Tuesday to celebrate the end of the Czech Republic's coronavirus crisis with a group dinner along a gigantic table set up on the historic landmark.
The EU member of 10.7 million people has by now eased most of the anti-virus measures it introduced early on -- thanks to which it has fared relatively well, registering fewer than 12,000 coronavirus cases and under 350 deaths.
On the 14th-century bridge, merrymakers munched on snacks and sipped drinks they brought from home, sharing their fare with others at the table spanning 500 metres (a third of a mile).
Everyone had to do something to be here, bring food or a flower. The idea was for everyone to get involved, Prague cafe owner and event organiser Ondrej Kobza told AFP.
We want to celebrate the end of the coronavirus crisis with people meeting up and showing they're no longer afraid to meet others. That they aren't afraid to accept a bite of a sandwich from someone.
Society mustn't be afraid. Otherwise, we'll have an economic crisis, a depression and that will hit society harder than COVID-19, said Kobza.
The 41-year-old is known for having placed pianos in the streets of Prague, set up chess tables in a local square and made the roof of a palace accessible to the public.
Several improvised bands played and sang along the curvy table adorned with oxeye daisies and new friendships were sealed over a snack or a glass.
I found the event on Facebook and thought it was interesting, said Galina Khomchenko-Krejcikova, a Russian Prague resident who came with a friend.
I just finished a night shift so I didn't have time to prepare anything. But we brought some wine and snacks we found at home, she told AFP.