Can concerts be authorized again despite the coronavirus epidemic? The answer may be provided by the University of Halle in Germany and its life-size test started this Saturday, requiring the participation of some 4,000 people.
Head to the city's great concert hall, the Leipzig Arena. A famous pop singer in Germany, Tim Bendzko, agreed to take part in this test by giving three concerts during the day in different configurations, in order to give the possibility to researchers to determine what could be the best possible organization in order to avoid contaminations.
Fluorescent masks and disinfectants
Only young and healthy people are accepted to try to limit the risk of contamination during these experiences. All the volunteers who came for the concerts first had to have their temperature taken. They also all wear an FFP2 type mask and a device to track all their movements and their contacts inside.
Fluorescent disinfectants should also make it possible to observe which surfaces participants touch most often with their hands. And the university will even measure the trajectories of aerosols exhaled by spectators, these small particles, which according to experts, play a role in contamination.
Thanks to the data collected, the researchers intend to define a mathematical model to assess the risks of propagation in a large concert hall. The results are to be published in the fall.
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