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Local lockdowns are suppressing an explosion of new Covid-19 cases - but they're not enough to stop rising infections, one council leader has warned

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Local lockdown measures are suppressing an explosion of new cases of coronavirus - but are not enough on their own to bring down climbing infection rates, Oldham’s council leader has said.Councillor Sean Fielding believes that the return to schools and workplaces, combined with the effect of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme is behind the latest dramatic spike in Greater Manchester.The council leader also criticised the ‘contradictory messages’ from the government which meant people were becoming ‘lethargic’ and more likely to see announcements of measures as ‘white noise’, he said.Aside from Leicester, Oldham was the first borough in England to be put under stricter restrictions to prevent rising Covid-19 cases at the start of August.Those.

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