Fans criticise St Helens Council's advice to 'avoid crowds' as they celebrate two Challenge Cup wins.
Thousands of St Helens rugby league fans lined the streets for their victory parade despite Covid fears.and get tested before celebrating the Challenge Cup wins on Monday night.
The area's public health director said with the current Covid case rates it was "important to follow safe behaviours". Speaking at the victory parade, mother-of-two Joanna Ellison, 51, said: "It was crazy advice for the council to ask people to take Covid tests to come out.Her friend Angela Speakman, 45, added: "The Saints have brought back the trophy so I was always going to come out.Nursery nurse Megan Hughes, 22, who went to the Wembley final, said: "We needed this parade after Covid, it is rubbish to put people off coming or make them take another test.
St Helens' director for public health, Ruth du Plessis, said the council had always encouraged people to take a test before attending events where it was possible to come into contact with many others."Regular testing is one of the ways we can help to protect ourselves and others and now more than ever. This includes getting vaccinated, testing regularly and isolating if you have symptoms," she added.
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