While Germany is working to bring sports fans back to the stands, a team of researchers from the University Clinic in Halle, East Germany, is organizing an experiment in which thousands of volunteers would attend a pop music concert.
Scientists hope to recruit 4,000 participants who will gather at the arena in Leipzig on August 22. Volunteers, aged 18 to 50, will be tested for coronavirus beforehand, and only those with a negative result will be allowed to participate.
Popular pop singer Tim Bencko will perform at the concert, in order for "the behavior of the audience to be as close as possible to reality," the organizers announced.
Participants will have to wear FFP2 filter masks, and a fluorescent disinfectant will be used which, in addition to providing another layer of protection, will allow scientists to monitor which areas the audience most frequently touches. The most important thing, however, will be that the volunteers will receive a device that will monitor their movement and distance from the others present.
