The vaccine minister has warned that summer festivals may not go ahead this year, even for people now buying tickets.
Nadhim Zahawi said there is still a risk for those purchasing summer festival tickets, even though he said the country looks on course to lift all coronavirus restrictions by June 21.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today, the vaccines minister said: “If you are now booking, then you do carry some risk, clearly because we have to follow the data.
“The good news is that vaccinations are working – about 70% of the adult population of England now have antibodies, almost two-thirds have had a single dose, a quarter have had two doses.
“(There are) lots of really good things, but we have to remain cautious and we will continue to look at the data…
“But the good news is May 17 looks good, June 21 looks good too.”
