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Manchester council leader calls for £14m-a-month shielding programme, rather than 'dubious' Tier 3 lockdown which would cost 'five times as much'

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blog post he says it's estimated shutting businesses such as pubs and gyms would cost the region's economy about £70m a month.

He wrote: "They [NHS staff] do though know who in the population is, if they catch the virus, most at risk of hospitalisation - older people and people with existing underlying conditions, diabetes, obesity, high-blood pressure, other respiratory illnesses."If this is the evidence, wouldn't it be much better to have an effective shielding programme for those most at risk, rather than have a blanket business closure policy of dubious efficacy."Greater Manchester have estimated the cost of a shielding programme at around £14m a month, less than a fifth of the estimated cost of business closures."Sadly, government,.

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