Local council asks homes not to follow Covid roadmap, fearing high infection rate linked to B.1.617.2 variant may cause ‘severe outbreak’
Bolton care homes have been asked not to follow England’s roadmap out of lockdown next week but to continue to restrict visitors, with the local authority citing concern over a possible “severe outbreak” of the Covid variant first detected in India.
Some schools in the Greater Manchester borough have also told pupils and staff to keep wearing masks for now, despite face coverings no longer being a requirement from Monday.
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