Thursday June 10, 2021
New test specification for EM access
Good news for ticket holders in Munich
14,000 fans each can watch the four European Football Championship matches in Munich in the stadium. The entry requirements are now less strict than feared. A PCR test is no longer necessary. This not only makes the logistics easier for the audience.
Very good news for all football fans who have got hold of a European Championship ticket for the games in Munich: As the German Football Association explains at the request of RTL / ntv, viewers do not have to present a negative PCR test, a negative antigen test is sufficient . This is not only a significant logistical relief, but also one for the wallet. After all, a PCR test costs around 130 euros. It should be absolutely necessary, it had said last. That is now obsolete. The DFB wants to make it official at the weekend.
Four games are scheduled for the Munich location: all preliminary round games of the German national soccer team, as well as a quarter-finals. However, the spectators still have to be prepared for significant restrictions when visiting the stadium. According to the “Bild” newspaper, a complete ban on alcohol is possible in the Allianz Arena. In addition, the state government could issue a full mask requirement.
In any case, only 14,000 fans are allowed in Munich, instead of the 70,000 spectators that can be found in the home stadium of FC Bayern in normal times, i.e. without a pandemic, for international games. Prime Minister Markus Söder recently defended the admission of fans against criticism. On the one hand, the pandemic situation with a low incidence and a high number of vaccinated people allows it, on the other hand there is an “extremely high security concept”, said the CSU boss in the ARD program “Maischberger. Die Woche”.
The security concept includes test capacities, masks and an innovative entry and exit concept for the audience. The latter is of particular importance, since this is where the greatest infection problems lie. “The real problem in the stadium is not sitting in the stadium,” said Söder. He emphasized that the permission of viewers was to some extent a way of regaining freedom and joie de vivre. If the concept also works, be it a test run for other cultural events with spectators.
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