Over the weekend, Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi venue hosted a 5,000 individual live performance, the place social distancing was not enforced by design. The experiment sought to find out whether or not it’s attainable to stage massive in-person gatherings in shut quarters with out contributing to the unfold of COVID-19.
The night time was soundtracked by Spanish rock band Love of Lesbian. “It’s been a yr and half since we final set foot on a situation as a band,” the group’s singer Santi Balmes stated, addressing the gang. “Among the musicians are crying over right here.”
The Combat Aids and Infectious Ailments Basis backed the experiment to in the end decide whether or not different precautionary measures—similar to testing instantly previous to the occasion and requiring face masks—could be sufficient to mitigate the unfold within the absence of social distancing.
Attendees had been capable of activate their tickets solely by first producing a adverse check consequence that morning. Those that efficiently did so had been despatched a code to their telephones, the place the ticket could possibly be activated. On the venue itself, temperature checks had been additionally administered and face masks had been required to be worn.