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Netherlands hosts Government-backed rave as nightlife research

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021, 2:52pm
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Netherlands hosts Government-backed rave as nightlife research

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Mar 2021, 2:52pm

The Netherlands is exploring how to safely resume the country's nightlife – by hosting a rave.

The European nation has just wrapped up a two day music festival near Amsterdam, where participants had to give a negative Covid test to get in and wear a tag so their movements could be tracked.

BBC Journalist Anna Holligan went along to the rave. She told Kate Hawkesby that the Netherlands is currently averaging 7,000 cases a day as the country has taken a more relaxed approach.

The rave is one way of testing to see if nightlife can remain open during the rise in cases.

"The idea is to try and look at how people would act in this environment and whether it will create a spike in cases."

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