A Covid-19 expert says huge events such as Cheltenham Festival and massive weddings likely won't happen again for a "few years" due to the threat still posed by the virus.
Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London, said Britons should expect some changes to large gatherings for some time despite the mass vaccination programme.
Spectators are currently banned from attending sporting events and large weddings cannot take place under existing restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.
In 2020, the four-day Cheltenham Festival, which ended just over a week before England was plunged into its first lockdown, controversially went ahead despite calls for it to be scrapped as the Covid crisis rapidly
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