Gloucestershire Echo

Lessons to be learned after decision

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✒ NEW research has shown that the Covid-19 hotspot in Gloucester­shire was probably related to the decision to go ahead with the Cheltenham Festival.

The lesson from this episode is highly relevant now, with a growing chorus of voices arguing that we should further relax movement restrictio­ns while there is still a high prevalence of the disease.

The Green Party believes this is premature and that we should exercise more caution.

We continue to argue for the introducti­on of a locally-based test, trace

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