Cheltenham defends decision to race despite virus fears

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Organisers say race followed government’s guidelines. FMTNews

Racegoers attend the final day of the Cheltenham Festival in Gloucestershire on March 13.

More than 250,000 racegoers attended the four-day National Hunt event last month even though other large sporting events were cancelled shortly afterwards. “We promoted the latest public health advice and introduced a range of additional hygiene measures at the event, including hundreds of hand sanitiser dispensers and extra washbasins.”

At the time of Cheltenham, which ran from March 10-13, the government had not put any social distancing measures in place.Figures on the opening day of the festival showed that six people had died in Britain from the virus, with more than 370 confirmed cases.

 

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