{"id":85088,"date":"2021-04-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=85088"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:16:50","slug":"barcelona-concert-without-social-distancing-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/barcelona-concert-without-social-distancing-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"No rise in infection from Barcelona concert without social distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image Credit: Reuters<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5,000 person indoor Barcelona gig with rapid tests and masks but no social distancing saw no rise in coronavirus infection rate, according to officials.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Remember last month\u2019s gig in Barcelona,<\/a> which experimented with 5,000 concert-goers wearing masks but not social distancing? The trial has now been hailed a success, after results showed no sign of a rise in infection rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety measures at the Love of Lesbian indie-rock concert<\/a> saw attendees taking a rapid test beforehand, and upon receiving a negative result being allowed to enter the Palau Sant Jordi arena. FFP2 masks<\/a> were required, with improved ventilation and queueing measures for the toilets and bar, but once in the crowd there was no requirement to social distance. The photos are almost like a normal gig \u2013 save for the white masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of the experiment<\/a> seem to show that mass concerts can be safe \u2013 if covid-safe measures are taken<\/a> to reduce the risk of transmission. From the 4,592 attendees who consented to analysis, only six positive coronavirus results were detected. Crucially, four of those six were not infected at the gig, and the other two unconfirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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