Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called on the government NOT to send Oldham into full lockdown to stamp out rising coronavirus cases – as he warned there is a danger to ‘overreact’ to the numbers.Oldham council stated on Wednesday that three weeks of increasing cases in the borough mean that it could soon become subject to a Leicester-style lockdown, with shops, pubs and businesses forced to close.There has been a spike of 255 cases in the week up to August 8 – almost double the previous week’s total of 137 cases.However speaking at a press conference, Mr Burnham said that they had written to the government to ask them to hold fire on a decision for a further week to give the current restrictions time to work.Sir Richard Leese,.
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