Scientists are filling a Dutch football stadium with aerosol sprays to see how a cheering football crowd might spread Covid-19. 'We want to get a fundamental insight in the behaviour of in a stadium filled with football supporters,' Blocken said. 'By air cleaning technologies you can drastically reduce concentrations and make stadiums safe in terms of aerosol transmission of the virus,' he added. Researchers also hope to get permission soon to experiment with a real crowd of 730 football fans, seated close together. Dutch football was suspended on March 12 as Europe headed into lockdown, and the 2019/20 season was ended in April with no title being awarded.

Source: Daily Mail December 08, 2020 15:19 UTC