A Town Council has postponed a community event as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus.

Callington’s Community Day was set to have taken place this Saturday in the Town Hall.

The event is the chance for groups, clubs and charities in the district to showcase their activities and services.

Callington Town Council said: ’Following guidance on how to effectively control the spread of COVID-19 we have decided to make the decision to postpone Community Day.

’To ensure that vulnerable members of our community and our staff stay safe we feel that this is a sensible and responsible decision to make.

’We will, of course, set another date later on in the year and will make this date public as soon as we can.’

Ahead of a Government announcement today on new moves to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, several clubs and organisations operating in South East Cornwall had already taken the decision to cancel or postpone group events.