0n vaccinations, 87.7% of adults in the uk have now had their firstjab, and 76.9% have had two. nearly 5,000 covid cases could have links to a music and surfing festival that took place earlier this month in cornwall, according to the local council. around 50,000 people attended the boardmasters festival in and around newquay, which now has three neighbourhoods with the highest infection rates in england. visitors to cumbria are being asked by the head of public health there to take a lateral flow test before going to the county. it follows a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases. in one district, it's doubled per 100,000 people in a week. the government has agreed to buy a further 35 million pfizer—biontech