COVID-19: Almost 5,000 coronavirus cases investigated after Cornwall music and surf festival

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Almost 5,000 coronavirus cases are suspected to be linked to a surf and music festival in Cornwall.

Health officials have launched an investigation after it emerged 4,700 people had tested positive for COVID-19 following Boardmasters near Newquay earlier this month.

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Around 800 are thought to be living in Cornwall, but the cases are spread across the country, a council official said.

Image:Almost 5,000 COVID-19 cases are believed to be linked to Boardmasters. Pic: Darina Stoda/Boardmasters

The sold-out event - which featured headlining acts Foals, Gorillaz and Jorja Smith - was held from 11-15 August.

According to the Boardmasters website, festival goers aged 11 and above were asked to demonstrate their COVID-19 status via the NHS app before being allowed to enter.

This required attendees to prove one of the following: they had been double vaccinated, with the second dose given at least a fortnight before the event; a negative lateral flow test taken within 24 hours of arriving at the festival gates; or natural immunity after a positive PCR test - taken at least 10 days earlier.

Camping ticket holders also had to take a second NHS lateral flow test during the event on Friday 13 August - then register their results on the NHS app.

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