28 Jan 2022

"Covid-19 will spread" teen who attended SoundSplash festival

From First Up, 5:51 am on 28 January 2022

A teenager who tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the Soundsplash festival says with all the physical contact revellers had at the 3-day festival, it seems inevitable that the virus spread to others. Five people who attended Soundsplash have so far tested positive for Covid, one of whom has been confirmed as the Omicron variant. Sixty-eight people are considered close contacts so far. Health experts are warning it could be a super-spreader event which seeds the virus far across the country. Ella Stewart reports.