Leaders want tougher powers to clamp down on Greater Manchester businesses flouting Covid rules
Local leaders are seeking tougher powers to clamp down on businesses that flout Covid rules.Infection rates in Greater Manchester remain stubbornly high, with all ten boroughs currently on ‘red alert’.Bolton has the most cases per 100,000 people in the country while Tameside and Oldham are also among the ten worst hit areas, according to the most recent ‘surveillance report’.Rochdale’s director of public health, Andrea Fallon, has warned it is ‘entirely possible’ there could be a return to the tough restrictions of March and April if things continue to head in the wrong direction.The task of driving down rates has been made still harder by the problems blighting the testing system, making it difficult to keep track of where the virus is and