Concern growing as almost 100 suspected Omicron cases discovered in Greater Manchester

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Almost 30,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in just one week in Greater Manchester - as infection rates continue to soar in all ten boroughs.

Coronavirus infection rates have risen in all ten of Greater Manchester's boroughs - and have hit record high levels in four of them.

Three Greater Manchester boroughs have seen record high covid infection rates as cases rocket across the region.

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Nearly 53,000 adults a day in Greater Manchester need to get a booster jab to meet Boris Johnson’s target and stem the tide of Omicron.

Greater Manchester’s top public health chief has warned the region only has a ‘small window’ in which to jab as many people as possible before the Omicron variant becomes the dominant strain here.

Health leaders from across Greater Manchester have released a message to residents about what they can do to help stop an exponential rise in Omicron cases.

NHS teams in Greater Manchester say they are facing a ‘mammoth’ ask to deliver the Omicron booster jab programme, with medics voicing alarming concerns that the rollout will 'break general practice'.

A star of Channel 4 show Educating Greater Manchester who was locked up for hiding a gun and ammunition for her boyfriend has had her jail sentence cut.

A Conservative MP from Greater Manchester says he will vote against the government's proposed vaccine passport plan.

As cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus surge across the UK, some governments have effectively banned UK citizens from entering.

A Greater Manchester Police officer has been charged with conspiracy to commit police corruption.

'Three to four confirmed or probable cases of Omicron' have been found in Manchester.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester, the latest figures show.

The biggest regional ‘blackspot’ for Covid-19 infections is now located in Tameside, figures have revealed as the number of new ‘Omicron’ variant cases reaches the hundreds.

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in seven of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs, new data has revealed.

Andy Burnham has told people that it's not yet time to cancel Christmas parties and social plans, following the news that the first suspected cases of the Omicron variant have landed in Greater Manchester.