St Ives hotel housing security staff and media forced to close after Covid outbreak

St Ives hotel housing security staff and media forced to close after Covid outbreak

A hotel housing security staff and media for the G7 summit in Cornwall is to shut completely following an outbreak of Covid-19.

The Pedn Olva hotel in St Ives - the host town for the summit of world leaders and just one mile from Carbis Bay - said it would "fully close" after discussing the outbreak with Public Health England.

It is understood 13 staff are infected out of around 17 workers.