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EU, USA, Australia: “Clubs try new chessboard layout for social distancing”
As Covid-19 shuts venues around the world, could seating attendees in a staggered chequerboard pattern be a safe alternative to wholesale closures? Several entertainment and leisure venues in Europe, North America and Australasia have begun to experiment with so-called ‘chequerboard’ seating – a formation some believe could present a safe..Read More...
Europe: “EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2020 CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF ‘UNCERTAINTY CREATED BY THE SPREAD OF COVID-19’”
Just hours after the cancellation of Glastonbury Festival, the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 has become the latest event to be scrapped due to Covid-19’s ongoing global spread. A statement was issued today (March 18), with The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) citing “the uncertainty created by the spread of COVID-19 throughout Europe – and..Read More...
Germany: “United We Stream: Berlin’s Clubs Continue Party Online”
Berlin’s vibrant underground club scene has come to a complete standstill. To absorb at least some of the damage COVID-19 has had on their businesses, the city’s clubs have launched a digital club, in conjuncture with several media partners, that will be streamed online. With the whole world quarantined, the..Read More...
Europe: “The last dance: clubbing in the coronavirus crisis”
With nightclubs such as Fabric and Ministry of Sound closing their doors because of coronavirus, the Bang Face festival was the last chance for Britons to rave for some time. Bang Face, a dance music festival held at Southport holiday park Pontins, is known for a particularly hell-for-leather approach to..Read More...
Europe: ”Cancelled events and falling markets as Europe confronts Covid-19”
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, warned on Thursday that France was on the brink of a coronavirus epidemic, as countries across Europe rushed to confront the escalating numbers of cases. With new evidence of unexplained cases of transmission emerging in Spain, Germany and France, the mounting public health crisis on the continent forced..Read More...
USA: ”First corona death in US”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms the first case of COVID-19 in a patient in California with no travel history to an outbreak area nor contact with anyone diagnosed with the virus. It’s suspected to be the first instance of local transmission in the United States. Oregon, Washington..Read More...
Brazil: ”COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil”
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020, when a man from São Paulo tested positive for the virus. The disease had spread to every state in Brazil by 21 March. On..Read More...