Salford has the fourth highest coronavirus infection rate in the UK, according to the latest figures.
14.12.2021 - 22:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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.
With contacts of those infected with the new mutation being required to take a lateral flow test daily for a fortnight rather than self-isolating, and people heading out for Christmas parties urged to take
Salford has the fourth highest coronavirus infection rate in the UK, according to the latest figures.
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.
As Christmas Day edges nearer, many people have been left without lateral flow tests.
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.
More than 22,000 people tested positive for Coronavirus in just one week in Greater Manchester, new data has revealed.
West Ham United have been told to bring Manchester United's Jesse Lingard back to the club by former Hammers striker Tony Cottee.
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.
Ambulance crews were seen sitting outside an emergency department in Oldham as pressures continue to hit the region’s NHS system, the parents of missing student Charley Gadd have today issued an urgent plea for members of the public to help them find their son last seen in Manchester and an inquest heard that the ‘failings’ of a health trust could have ‘contributed’ to the death of a murdered toddler from Wythenshawe.
Councils across Greater Manchester have outlined their plans for bin collections over Christmas and the New Year.
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Norwich manager Dean Smith has believes his players are capable of beating Manchester United as they welcome Ralf Rangnick's side to Norfolk on Saturday.
A Greater Manchester Police officer has been charged with conspiracy to commit police corruption.
His work has been the talk of Tameside since it suddenly appeared over the weekend.
A police cordon is in place this evening outside a convenience store and takeaway amid reports of a 'stabbing' in Trafford, strong winds from Storm Barra battered our region - and damaged roof on Chill Factore, and a man was jailed for 12 years for pretending to be a taxi driver and raping a woman in his flat.