First mass 10k race held in London since lockdown lifted
July 26, 2021
LONDON: Thousands of runners took to the streets of London on Sunday for their first mass 10k since lockdown restrictions were lifted.
Roads across central London were closed as the runners in the Asics London 10k swept past views of landmarks to the sound of cheering crowds and entertainers who lined the streets.
Race director Ian Allerton described it as “an important day for the mass participation industry” as many runners helped raise funds for more than 200 charities in what he hoped would be the start of “a new season of safe running events in 2021”.
Vaccines doing the trick as Covid infections fall for FIFTH DAY running with less than 30,000 cases
COVID cases have dropped for the fifth day in a row, according to government statistics with 29,173 new infections.
Vaccines have reduced waves of Covid deaths to mere ripples – despite a spike in the number of cases reported, according to the data.
Hospital patients are, on average, younger, less poorly and able to leave the wards faster than in previous waves, analysis shows.
Some 46,563,452 have had their first vaccinations and 37,160,659 have had their second.
Yesterday, Covid cases fell for a fourth day with 31,795 new infections in 24 hours.
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