For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Health bosses in Bolton will be meeting today (Wednesday) to decide how to react after two cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 were discovered in the town.
Experts met with officials from Public Health England yesterday to update them on the situation and consider whether to begin surge testing around the borough.
While there is no evidence to suggest the South African strain of coronavirus is more deadly, it is believed to be more transmissible.
But Bolton Council's public health team say there is a 'very low risk' of the new variant spreading around the the town. Lynn Donkin, assistant director of public health, said she would be
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