Several thousand ponchos have been donated... Glastonbury Festival has donated “several thousand” ponchos to hospitals across the south-west of England, which have seeking alternatives to personal protective equipment (PPE) as supplies run low across the UK.
Festival boss Emily Eavis confirmed that the festival, which has shelved its 2020 edition because of the coronavirus pandemic, provided the disposable ponchos to “hospitals in the West Country”, as The Guardian reports.
It confirms reports on social media that a “large well-known summer festival” was asked if it had “any ponchos going spare”, because the NHS was unable to provide sufficient amounts of PPE and aprons.