Going to a live music gig might not seem like sound scientific advice right now. But that’s what researchers at Halle University’s medical faculty asked people to do in Leipzig in East Germany over the weekend. Three concerts were staged at a music arena on Saturday to assess the risk of spreading the coronavirus. Host Carol Hills has more.
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