Restart-19 results: “Events could take place in a pandemic”

Key findings have been published following an experiment in Germany that aimed to show how coronavirus travels at indoor events

News By IQ | 29 October 2020

The Restart-19 experiment used a smoke machine to model the spread of aerosols

Results from Restart-19, a scientific experiment that aimed to show how coronavirus travels at indoor events, have today been published. The experiment saw scientists invite thousands of volunteers to take part in a concert at the Quarterback Immobilien Arena in Leipzig, Germany on 22 August with singer Tim Bendzko.

During the concert, airflow simulations were conducted in conjunction with an engineering company and scientific data was collected by each participant’s contact tracer.

The overview of the key results from the…

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