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Berlin's Union club plans virus tests for fans to refill stadium

FILE PHOTO: Bundesliga - 1. FC Union Berlin v Fortuna Dusseldorf

Top-flight German soccer club Union Berlin is so keen to see its stadium filled with fans once again that it is prepared to pay for coronavirus tests for all staff and 22,012 season ticket holders so that they can safely pack the stands.

Most of the world's stadiums have been all but empty for months since the advent of the new-style coronavirus forced social distancing regulations that prevented the kinds of giant crowd gatherings that lend soccer games their ambiance.

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