Marc Daniel Davies, Bloomberg News LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 09: People socialise outside an open food shop and off licence at night time in Dalston on May 9, 2020 in London, England. The UK is continuing with quarantine measures intended to curb the spread of Covid-19, but as the infection rate is falling government officials are discussing the terms under which it would ease the lockdown. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) , Photographer: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Europe
(Bloomberg) Britainâs world-class nightclubs are preparing to reopen for the first time in 16 months, nursing devastating wounds that many will not survive.
BBC News
By Lauren Hirst
image captionLiverpool hosted the UK s first mass-testing programme in November 2020
Events are taking place in Liverpool to test crowd safety and check what impact easing Covid-19 rules will have ahead of a full lifting of restrictions later in the year. But why is the city at the forefront of these trials and how do people feel about the city being used as a test site?
The events form part of the government s Events Research Programme (ERP), which will explore the risk of transmission and the effectiveness of measures such as ventilation and testing.
Liverpool s involvement is not the first time the city has been used to help shape national policy during the pandemic, as in November it was also selected for the mass testing trial where residents were offered regular coronavirus tests.
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Thousands of people descended on Liverpool for the first club event in more than a year last night.
Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool saw around 3,000 clubbers return to the dancefloor in an event which has been hailed as a glimpse of what the future might hold.
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Matt Ashton, Liverpool s Director of Public Health.
Matt Ashton said it was wonderful to see the looks on people s faces at The First Dance, hosted by club night Circus, in the city on Friday.
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.
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BBC News
By Lauren Hirst
image captionLiverpool hosted the UK s first mass-testing programme in November 2020
Events are taking place in Liverpool to test crowd safety and check what impact easing Covid-19 rules will have ahead of a full lifting of restrictions later in the year. But why is the city at the forefront of these trials and how do people feel about the city being used as a test site?
The events form part of the government s Events Research Programme (ERP), which will explore the risk of transmission and the effectiveness of measures such as ventilation and testing.
Liverpool s involvement is not the first time the city has been used to help shape national policy during the pandemic, as in November it was also selected for the mass testing trial where residents were offered regular coronavirus tests.