Greater Manchester stays in Tier 3 - will it be enough as new variant rises elsewhere?
Cases are rising in the region, but at a slower rate than many parts of England
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Latest coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester as cases spike across England
There has been an 8.3pc increase in cases week-on-week in our region
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Boris Johnson has been warned by Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty that infections are rising across the country and last night the government’s Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said the virus was no longer confined to London and the Southeast.
Happy new tier
With the Covid strain starting to appear across the country, “it is pretty obvious there will now be a clamour from some government scientists and parts of the media for most, if not all of the country to go into Tier 4”, writes Politico’s Alex Wickham.
While Vallance was clear in his warning about heightened tier regulations, government officials are less keen to be drawn on whether “Vallance’s remarks effectively amounted to him calling for a third national lockdown”, Wickham adds.
Countries impose UK travel restrictions as more infectious COVID-19 strain threatens to spread worldwide
Britain recorded 33,364 new cases of COVID-19, 18,871 hospitalisations and 215 deaths spurred on by the new more infectious strain first acknowledged by Boris Johnson’s government last week.
More than 40 countries have imposed flight and other travel restrictions on the UK to contain the spread of the new strain which is reported to be 70 percent more infectious than the previously dominant strains. They include at least 18 European countries, as well as Russia, India, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Peru. The US is expected to follow.