Three people have been sent home from Glastonbury with suspected swine flu. A spokesperson for Somerset NHS said they have mild symptoms and that "there was no need for alarm among festivalgoers".
Officials explained that the three individuals thought to be two students, one from Edinburgh and one from Exeter universities and a 10-year-old child were taken into isolation facilities after being diagnosed, before they headed home.
Festival spokesman Christo Hird said: "Three unconnected people were taken off-site, straight to an isolation unit on the advice of the doctor and have now gone home."
He added: "This was anticipated. There is no more risk here than anywhere. The figure of three in 177,000 people is regarded as very low."
In other Glastonbury news: A man has been arrested for public nudity at the festival for the first time in its 39 year history. Police took the man into custody yesterday.
Meanwhile an unnamed woman tried to give birth in the Green Fields area of Worthy Farm yesterday. The woman had taken a midwife with her to the festival in the hope that she could give birth to the first Glastonbury child since 1998.
Despite her best efforts, the woman was eventually taken off site to a nearby village to continue the birth.
The number of arrests at this year’s event has already exceeded the total for last year. Since the event began on Friday police have made a total of 131 arrests, most are drugs related, compared to a total of 89 in 2008.
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