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Greater Manchester is a 'long, long way' from local coronavirus lockdowns - leaders say they will do everything possible to stop that happening

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Greater Manchester is a ‘long, long way’ from having to introduce local lockdowns like Leicester - but leaders have stopped short of ruling them out entirely.Mayor Andy Burnham said the region ‘will be doing everything’' to avoid local restrictions as new figures showed Covid-19 infection rates in some boroughs were higher than expected.Rochdale, the ‘worst case scenario locally’, has reported 28.8 cases per 100,000, which is less than a quarter of the 135 reported in Leicester.Cases across Greater Manchester have also been falling while Leicester has been going in the opposite direction, Mr Burnham told a press conference on Wednesday.The region's figure is 13.3 for the past seven days and falling.

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