Around 1000 visitors were infected with the corona virus at a music festival in Utrecht.

According to the health authorities on Tuesday evening, the numbers could increase.

The organizers reacted in shock and emphasized that they had complied with all requirements.

First the "Spiegel" reported about it.

Around 20,000 people attended the two-day open-air festival “Verknipt” (Crazy) on July 3rd and 4th.

At least 448 visitors were infected on the first day, and another 516 on the second day, the ANP news agency reported.

Festival goers had to prove that they had been vaccinated or tested negative.

According to the organizers, the entrance was strictly controlled.

Time windows have been set up for visitors to prevent crowds.

The Netherlands had initially lifted almost all corona measures on June 26th and also allowed major events if visitors had a negative test result or proof of vaccination.

After an explosive increase in infections, some loosening was lifted again.

Most recently, around 8,000 people were infected within 24 hours.

The 7-day incidence is over 300 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

According to the health authorities, adolescents and young adults are primarily responsible for the large increase in infections.

The main sources of infection were festivals, discos and restaurants.

Outbreak on a British aircraft carrier

Even on the flagship of the British Navy, the "HMS Queen Elizabeth", more than a hundred crew members have been infected with the corona virus since the beginning of July after visiting the port in Cyprus, a spokesman for the Navy announced on Wednesday.

The first cases were discovered around July 4th.

The state-of-the-art aircraft carrier moored in Limassol between June 30th and July 5th and leads Carrier Strike Group 21 with nine other ships.

All crew members are fully vaccinated, the infections have no effect on the mission, said the spokesman.

According to the British newspaper "The Sun", almost half of the ships in the fleet association are affected.

The soldiers were allowed to go ashore during their stay in Cyprus for several days.

The crew of the fleet association consists of 3700 people, 1600 of whom are deployed on the "HMS Queen Elizabeth".

Cyprus is currently experiencing a fourth wave of infections, largely due to the spread of the more contagious Delta variant.

A new high of 1081 new infections within one day was reported on Tuesday.