Salford has the fourth highest coronavirus infection rate in the UK, according to the latest figures.
11.12.2021 - 00:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Vaccination centres across Greater Manchester will be open this weekend - giving eligible people the chance to 'grab a jab' without an appointment.
The NHS vaccination programme now offers boosters shots to people over the age of 40, in addition to first and second doses to anyone over the age of 12.
Currently, anyone aged 40 or over, NHS staff and people with underlying health conditions, are eligible for a booster shot.
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Salford has the fourth highest coronavirus infection rate in the UK, according to the latest figures.
It is expected to be a wet but warm end to 2021, with temperatures reaching double figures across Greater Manchester.
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.
Covid cases are continuing to skyrocket across the country, prompting health leaders to encourage people to seek a jab over the Christmas period.
Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester with a total of 24,488 people tested positive.
With Christmas right around the corner, you're likely to soon have plenty of rubbish from all the presents you've had to wrap up and open.
Coronavirus cases in one Greater Manchester borough have seen a huge increase of 131 per cent, an ex-firefighter who plied two women with alcohol and drugs before raping them has been jailed, staffing levels within the NHS are raising concerns as the workforce is hit by a challenging combination of Covid cases and people isolating and a man in his 20s is currently fighting for his life in hospital after he was involved in a crash in Bolton.
A Tory MP has revealed why he rebelled against the government as it passed new laws aimed at halting the spread of Covid-19.
BBC's Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens tonight for its grand final, as two celebrities take to the dancefloor in a bid to win the coveted glitterball trophy.
A Tory rebellion received much of the attention from this week's vote on new controversial Covid rules, which required Labour votes to be passed into law.
Staff at vaccination clinics across Greater Manchester will be giving booster jabs on Christmas Day.
The UK can expect several more weeks where Covid cases hit a record high, England’s chief medical officer has warned, as Omicron continues its exponential rise across the country.
As Omicron cases rise, and the UK's health leaders call the variant 'probably the most significant threat since the start of the pandemic', people are coming forward to get vaccinated.
With it being impossible to order a lateral flow test, and tedious at best to book in for a PCR test, you could be forgiven for finding the Covid-19 testing process a hastle - but new guidance urging people to get tested to slow the spread of the Omicron variant makes it a necessary process.
Councils across Greater Manchester have outlined their plans for bin collections over Christmas and the New Year.
Omicron cases have risen sharply over the last month in Greater Manchester, the latest figures reveal.
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.
A Greater Manchester Police officer has been charged with conspiracy to commit police corruption.