BERLIN — The beats were pumping inside Salon zur wilden Renate long after the sun had risen. After 18 months on ice, Berlin’s famously hedonistic club reopened last weekend for the first time since the pandemic began. Earlier this summer, the Berlin government funded a study to test whether high-accuracy P.C.R. The study enrolled about 2,000 people, who were let loose in six clubs over the course of one weekend. But before the results were officially released, a local court ruled in favor of a discothèque that had sued over the city’s ban on indoor dancing, all but forcing the Berlin Senate to allow clubs to reopen.

Source: International New York Times September 11, 2021 09:00 UTC