Manchester Airport’s new drive-through coronavirus testing centre is not enough on its own, local leaders have warned - but they say government is stopping them from opening more.
23.03.2020 - 16:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Andy Burnham has called on government to ramp up its coronavirus measures by ordering people to stay at home unless absolutely necessary.
The mayor said such a rule needed to be enforceable and ought to only have ‘a very limited number of exceptions’, such as allowing people out to pick up shopping.
Calling the government’s messaging ‘mixed and confused’ so far, he said it now ‘urgently needs to move to a new policy’.
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Manchester Airport’s new drive-through coronavirus testing centre is not enough on its own, local leaders have warned - but they say government is stopping them from opening more.
YouTube recently announced a jam-packed line-up for its Stay Home #WithMe festival this Easter weekend. Kicking off on Good Friday, the line-up includes performances from some of the continent’s heavyweights in Benjamin Dube, Mthunzi Namba, Nosa and Glowreeyah Braimah.
Andy Burnham has insisted there is ‘no policy’ to deny hospital beds to care home residents after multiple accounts of people being told they would not be admitted, despite having symptoms.
The number of coronavirus patients being admitted into Greater Manchester hospitals each day has doubled in a week - as the mayor raised concerns about potential oxygen shortages.
Drivers of around four in 10 cars on the road Greater Manchester are taking advantage of quieter roads during the coronavirus lockdown by exceeding local speed limits, mayor Andy Burnham says.
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that the state was expanding the number of available hospital beds and medical resources in anticipation of the impending surge of critical COVID-19 patients which Newsom projected would occur in May.
Hopes of a free tram pass for NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic have stalled due to wrangling with government over Metrolink funding, Andy Burnham has said.
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Phone companies should cap the bills of older and more vulnerable landline customers during the coronavirus lockdown, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said.
American actor Robert De Niro has urged all his fans to stay at home and stop the spread of coronavirus.
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The Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity has granted an emergency £100,000 to the city-region's homelessness charity sector - and has launched an urgent appeal for donations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Greater Manchester's political leaders have issued a plea for the public to 'stay at home' this weekend.
A hotel in Manchester has come under fire from Andy Burnham for removing homeless people who had been staying there in a bid to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Up to a thousand homeless people across Greater Manchester will be put up in hotels to try and stop more people getting coronavirus.
This Morning hosts Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were forced to clear up confusion today after concerns were raised about activity outside their London studio.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester has called on the Government for funding to house all homeless people.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a stay-at-home orderto more aggressively combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The "New York state on pause" directive — outlined as "Policies Assure Uniform Safety for Everyone" — requires 100 percent of the state's non-essential workforce to stay home.