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Before the Pandemic: The Editors in Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome (2013)
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Despite the pandemic, the cabaret program and specialist conferences: this is to be tested in the Netherlands.
For this purpose, around 500 participants are to come together for a specialist conference on Monday in the Beatrix Theater in Utrecht.
A cabaret show with an audience is to take place there the following week.
This was reported by the Dutch news agency ANP.
Football games with 1,500 spectators each, as well as shows in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and open-air events in a holiday park are also planned - each with extensive precautionary measures.
The event industry, the Ministry of Health, other authorities and scientific institutions in the Netherlands have agreed on this as part of the Fieldlab Events initiative.
The aim is to develop safe and trustworthy concepts for events with an audience.
This week, the curfew imposed due to the corona pandemic in the Netherlands was extended until March 2nd.
The government announced in The Hague.
Citizens are not allowed to stay outside from 9 p.m. to 4.30 a.m. in the coming weeks without an important reason.
The evening curfew has been in effect since January 23, in order to stop the increase in new infections, especially with mutations of the corona virus.
Protests against this harshest corona measure to date escalated in the first days of the curfew.
There had been riots in several cities.
All other Corona measures had previously been extended to March 2, such as the closure of schools, shops and restaurants.
Since this Monday, only the primary schools have been allowed to receive students again - however, many schools were still closed due to the severe winter weather.
The testing of the safe events is subject to strict rules.
All those involved must have a corona negative test no longer than 48 hours old.
Upon arrival, they will be asked about possible symptoms and a fever will be taken.
Rapid tests are carried out if there are any suspicions.
Each participant is obliged to undergo another corona test five days later.
In addition, everyone must carry a motion sensor with them during the event so that it can be tracked where they have been during the time.
The field test also included some spectators wearing masks and others wearing face shields.
The data obtained will then be evaluated by several research institutions.
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