Second Greater Manchester school fully closes amid Covid-19 outbreak

unable to confirm whether restrictions in Oldham were stricter than in other areas of Greater Manchester.

a further nine have been confirmed - and that's only the ones the Manchester Evening News has been alerted to.

with each other rather than, for example, being linked to any obvious large workplace outbreak.

a further 11 have been confirmed - and that's only the ones the Manchester Evening News has been alerted to.

Manchester is the country's coronavirus hotspot as new data shows it has the highest infection rate of any area in England.

the club closed - just six years short of its centenary. It had opened in the middle of the General Strike of 1926, and it closed in turmoil too.Steve, 62, and a former director of the club, said: "There is a bloke who has been a member since 1958 and others for decades.

topped 350.

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topped 300. Now a further 17 have been confirmed - and that's only the ones the Manchester Evening News has been alerted to.

Manchester Evening News only able to confirm cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more. On Friday we revealed how the number of schools reporting confirmed Covid cases since children returned in September had reached 280.

coronavirus pandemic swept across the UK - and the globe - it was clear that people with other life-limiting conditions would be impacted as NHS medics focused all their efforts on tackling the virus.

a fifth of schools across the region, comes little over a fortnight after pupils started the new academic year. And with no official list available of all the bubble closures - and the Manchester Evening News only able to confirm cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more.

Stockport and Wigan, bringing the boroughs in line with the rest of Greater Manchester, except Bolton where extra measures apply.

a fifth of schools across the region, comes little over a fortnight after pupils started the new academic year. And with no official list available of all the bubble closures - and the Manchester Evening News confirming cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more.

reached 177. Now a further 26 have been confirmed.

hereGMP said it has a Covid-19 contingency plan in place to minimise the impact on police resources, but said the virus 'remains an on-going concern for us as an emergency service'.The force added that following any positive tests among staff, 'internal track and trace protocols are launched and if there are indications that there is learning then we work with both individuals and the organisation to effect changes to minimise future infections amongst our staff.' During the first peak of

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise sharply across most of Greater Manchester with all ten boroughs now at the highest level of alert for the first time.Stockport and Trafford have now recorded an infection rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people in the local population - it's the first time the two boroughs have reached that milestone since the height of the pandemic in April.Manchester has also seen a significant rise in cases, registering 100 positive tests for three days in a

the government’s latest extra Covid-19 restrictions, announced this morning, will have caused brows to furrow among those looking at the wider northern map.

full closure of a second primary school.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.Other primary schools have been sending home bubbles after confirmed cases, including Broadoak Primary in Swinton, where there's been a positive case, and Charlestown Primary, in Blackley, where Year 5 are isolating.Some schools which already had a number of children at home have had to tell more to stay

Greater Manchester could escape further Covid-19 restrictions for the time being, the M.E.N.