U.K. Pilot Scheme Could Allow Tested Audiences Into Theaters

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. government is piloting a scheme in Salford from October to test audiences at indoor and outdoor venues for coronavirus.Addressing a press conference at Downing Street on Tuesday, U.K.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, “Theaters and sports venues could test an audience, all audience members, one day and let in all those with a negative result, all those who are not infectious.

Work places could be opened up to all those who test negative in the morning to behave in a way that was exactly as in the world before COVID.”Johnson said the plan, which is still tentative and only limited to the Salford pilot so far, would require a “giant collaborative effort.” The new types of test could produce results in 20-90.