UK allows dancing without distancing at nightclub test event
Posted : 2021-05-02 10:24
Revelers at the Circus Nightclub at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool, England, April 30. AP-Yonhap
Several thousand music fans on Friday became the first people in Britain in more than a year to legally dance, drink and listen to music in a nightclub, as part of a test to see whether social distancing measures can be eased without triggering new coronavirus outbreaks.
The afternoon-admission gig at a warehouse in Liverpool, northwest England, is one of a series of pilot events sponsored by the U.K. government and closely monitored by public health officials. The 3,000 attendees, all local residents, were to be tested before and after the event, while researchers will study air quality and movement in the venue.
In pictures - emotions high as clubbers return to dancefloor for the first time in months
Pilot events for the safe return of nightclubs following lockdown are being held in Liverpool this weekend
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Clubbers return to dancefloor for pilot event
Updated: April 30, 2021, 11:34 pm
Revellers arrive at Circus nightclub in Bramley-Moore Dock, Liverpool, for a Covid safety pilot event (Peter Byrne/PA)
Clubbers have been able to return to the dancefloor at a pilot event for 3,000 people.
Club night Circus hosted The First Dance in Liverpool, where revellers, who all had to produce negative coronavirus tests, did not have to wear face coverings or social distance for the first time since before lockdown began.
It is hoped the event, the first of two taking place on consecutive nights, will pave the way for clubs across the country to reopen their doors.