"We're seeing another wave": Greater Manchester's public health boss issues warning amid rising Covid rates - and sets out demands for government action
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGreater Manchester’s public health chief has warned that 'we're seeing another Covid-19 wave' as cases rise in the wake of the removal of safety measures by the government.
Cases are ‘unsurprisingly’ climbing, just short of three weeks after the rollback of the remaining Covid-19 precautions, says Greater Manchester’s lead director of public health, Professor Kate Ardern. READ MORE:Patient left in A&E chair for 'EIGHT hours with no help while having a stroke' - by time she was seen by doctor, it was 'too late to treat' And, without the free mass testing due to end this month, medical leaders could be operating in the dark as they are forced to use out-of-date data, giving them ‘insufficient’ information and time to plan for outbreaks.
Asked if we should be expecting another wave, Professor Ardern said: "I think that's we're seeing again, because we're creating the conditions, unfortunately.
If you let the guard down, you're creating the conditions where the virus can evolve." A number of Greater Manchester’s health bosses have been voicing their ‘serious concerns’ about the rising tide of Covid.
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