Only 15 cases of Covid-19 reported after UK live test events with 58,000 people

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Hopes that Ireland's event industry could make a return over the summer have been reignited as only 15 cases of Covid-19 were reported as a result of trial events in the UK. The UK pilot events have been running over the past number of months with up to 58,000 people attending the various events. Now, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed to the Evening Standard that only 15 cases were reported as a result. The events included the Brit Awards, the FA Cup final, an outdoor rave in Liverpool, and the World Snooker Championships, and were allowed to run as normal, without masks or social distancing. Just four cases of Covid-19 occurred across the entire 17 days of the World Snooker Championships, staged indoors at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. Meanwhile, zero cases were reported after the Brits, and there was only two cases after 5,900 people gathered at an outdoor music festival at Sefton Park in Liverpool. There was also no cases at the reduced-capacity football at Wembley Stadium, and only nine cases after 6,000 people packed into a nightclub in Liverpool over two days without masks. The figures indicate that festivals, sporting events and other events held outdoors are very safe, meanwhile, the slightly higher incidence confirmed that clubbing is the toughest part of the night economy to reopen.