For this, they had to download an app to their mobile phones and undergo an antigen COVID-19 test, show a negative PCR test or proof that they had already had coronavirus.“It seems great to me, because all of this is affecting us mentally. We might be physically well, but not psychologically, so I think this kind of activities, controlled and with security measures, are great,” said Susana Bergaz, 26, a factory worker from Girona.
The five restaurants which took part were allowed to operate at 80 percent capacity. The pass is valid for up to 36 hours and costs between 2.50 euros and 8.50 euros . “The Open Girona initiative is a project that aims to test a model of digital testing and vaccination passes in order to reopen Girona in a safe and controlled way,” organizers Blockchain Centre of Catalonia, a public body, said in a statement on Sunday.
A trial concert in Barcelona in March where 5,000 people took rapid COVID-19 tests and crammed into a venue without social distancing did not drive up infections, organizers said earlier this month, giving hope to the moribund live-music sector.