Lessons learnt from ‘super-spreader’ festival
The Utrecht health board has admitted that the 40-hour window in which Verknipt attendees could take and show a negative test was too long
News By IQ | 29 July 2021
Verknipt, an outdoor festival in the Netherlands, has become a cautionary tale for the sector after it recorded more than 1,000 Covid infections among 20,000 attendees.
The two-day event took place in Utrecht in early July and all attendees were required to show a QR code that demonstrated that they were either vaccinated, had recently had a Covid infection, or had a negative Covid test.
Despite the festival’s entry requirements, the event recorded 1,100 infections among the attendees, prompting the municipal health…
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