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U.K. Deploys Thousands of Ravers to Test Relaxing of Covid Rules

  • 6,000 clubbers to hit dance floor over two nights in Liverpool
  • Part of trials into reopening mass events safely in pandemic
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WATCH: Thousands of U.K. Ravers Get to Party With Their Masks Off

Source: Quicktake

Thousands of people at a mass nightclub rave in the U.K. this week will be a key test of whether live events halted during the pandemic can reopen at full capacity as planned from the end of June.

The two-day event in Liverpool, northwest England, is part of a national research program which so far appears to show people are happy to be tested for coronavirus to secure entry to large-scale events.