Festival sets stage for jab clinics
REVELLERS will be able to get a coronavirus vaccine as they soak up the atmosphere at the Reading and Leeds festival this weekend.
It comes as NHS England said more than half a million 16 and 17-year-olds have had their first dose.
The pop-up clinics across the two sites this bank holiday weekend mean music lovers will be able to grab a jab as easily as a beer or a burger, health officials said, but they added that people under the influence of alcohol or drugs will not be given the vaccine.
Some music festivals have hit the headlines recently after Covid-19 cases were linked to attendees.
Health officials said they are investigating 4,700 cases of coronavirus which are suspected to be linked to the Boardmasters festival, which took place in Cornwall nearly two weeks ago.
Elsewhere it has been reported that more than 1,000 people who attended
Latitude Festival at Henham Park in Suffolk last month have tested positive for the virus.
The jab offer at Reading and Leeds follows other major efforts to get more young people vaccinated, with jabs available at nightclubs, football stadiums and the circus.