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Concern in relation to new cases and coronavirus, the delta variant particularly. how does it impact where you are? we particularly. how does it impact where you are?— particularly. how does it impact where you are? we are not very far from manchester. _ where you are? we are not very far from manchester. a _ where you are? we are not very far from manchester. a lot _ where you are? we are not very far from manchester. a lot of- where you are? we are not very far from manchester. a lot of people l from manchester. a lot of people travel, commute, live and work here in greater manchester, so ...

For the first time since mid—may. the concern is the delta variant of coronavirus. surge testing is being carried out in hotspot areas such as parts of northwest england, and there's a push on vaccines in greater manchester and lancashire. nationally, 40.7 million people have now had their first dose of the vaccine — over 77% of uk adults. and 28.5 million have had both doses — over 54% of uk adults are now fully vaccinated. ministers will be watching closely over the coming days to assess whether the vaccine or the virus is ahead, and if that means the last phase of reopening can happen...

And i think what we need to assess is the extent to which the vaccine roll—out — which has been phenomenal — has built up enough protection in the population in orderfor us to go ahead to the next stage. and so... and so that's what we'll be looking at. and there are arguments being made one way or the other but we'll be driven by the data, we'll be looking at that and we'll be — as i say, we'll be setting it out on monday. yesterday, 7,540 new infections were recorded, and six deaths. the number of people in hospital with the virus has risen above 1,000 for the first time since mid—...

That the surge testing and tracing and isolate system that we have got in place is working, if you look at the case right now with the delta variant, the places where over the last month we have put them into surge testing starting with bolton but also true in bedford, council and other places, case rates are coming down. i and other places, case rates are coming down-— and other places, case rates are coming down. i totally accept that and it's fine _ coming down. i totally accept that and it's fine to _ coming down. i totally accept that and it's fine to mention _ coming down. i totally ac...

Had she not been supportive, the couple would not have used the name. so two very different accounts and a pretty extraordinary clash of versions. . ~ pretty extraordinary clash of version— pretty extraordinary clash of versions. ., ~ , ., , . the time is 1:15 pm. our top story this lunchtime... surge testing and a push to get people vaccinated in england's covid hotspots in the north west. and still to come — moving online — a new report finds uk adults spent an average of more than three—and—a—half hours online every day during the pandemic. coming up on the bbc news channel. 12 ...