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The Government’s Events Research Programme has begun to use a digital health data platform to monitor how the pilot social events are affecting the Covid-19 pandemic.
It has adopted the Cheshire and Merseyside Combined Intelligence for Population Health Action (CIPHA) system for research on the round of events in Liverpool including last week’s Circus club nights and Sefton Park music festival.
CIPHA, which is based on Graphnet Health’s CareCentric platform for linking health and social care data, is being used to match Covid test results with ticket purchases to inform research and ensure any transmission of the virus is properly monitored.
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Fans watch Blossom perform at a live music concert hosted by Festival Republic in Sefton Park on May 2, 2021, where a non-socially-distanced crowd of 5,000 are expected to attend. AFP
Thousands dance mask-free at UK’s first post-lockdown gig
Wed, 5 May 2021
Thousands danced without face coverings at a music festival in northern England as the UK government permitted the country s first post-lockdown gig.
A crowd of 5,000 people cheered, danced and sang along to performances from bands including English indie pop act Blossoms at the sold-out event on Sunday at Liverpool s Sefton Park.
The festival was part of a pilot project by the UK government called the Events Research Programme (ERP) to test crowd safety at live events ahead of planned lifting of restrictions on June 21.
Monday, 03 May 2021 10:00 AM MYT
People enjoy their time during a test music festival as part of a national research programme assessing the risk of Covid-19 transmission in Liverpool May 2, 2021. Reuters pic
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LONDON, May 3 Live music returned to the birthplace of The Beatles after a long coronavirus-enforced silence yesterday when the English city of Liverpool hosted a one-off music festival to test whether such events spread the virus.
Around 5,000 people ditched face coverings and social distancing rules in the name of science and music. They attended the outdoor event having tested negative for Covid-19, and promised to get themselves tested again five days after the festival.
April 28, 2021 11:53 am
Yinka Ilori and Es Devlin have revealed the design of this year’s Brit Awards trophies.
Next month’s ceremony will be the 41
st edition of the Brit Awards, and will take place at London’s O2. This year will be the first time winners will be awarded with two trophies each. The intention is that one can then be given away to someone that each winner “considers worthy” of celebrating.
“An explosion of colour”
The main Brit Award trophy for 2021 sports Ilori’s signature bright colour palette. The designer says the statuette is inspired by his Nigerian heritage.
By: Gideon Gottfried
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Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips performs on the Lovell Stage during day on of Blue Dot Festival 2018 in Manchester, England. Blue Dot is one of many events that had to cancel a second year running.More than a quarter of the UK s festivals with a capacity of over 5,000 have been cancelled due to the government s inaction on insurance, an evaluation done by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) finds.
The association s research, which has been tracking the 2021 festival season, indicates that 26% of UK festivals with a capacity larger than 5,000 have already announced that they will not go ahead this year.