being put into local lockdown. The restrictions, which included a ban on guests in homes and gardens, were coming into force the very next day, giving people less than three hours' notice.But what's happened to the covid infection rate in Greater Manchester since those measures were put in place?As the chart above shows, at the time Oldham was the worst-affected borough in the region, with an infection rate of 60 cases per 100,000 people.But over the next 10 days the restrictions did little to stop its spread.
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