coronavirus transmission which has resulted in a spike in cases in Greater Manchester has occurred in private homes the health secretary said today.The government last night announced a tightening of restrictions across the whole of Greater Manchester as well parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire to try and halt a rise in new infections.Matt Hancock last night claimed on Twitter "the spread is largely due to households meeting and not abiding to social distancing."Asked on BBC Breakfast this morning how he knew that was the case he said: "We know that from the contact tracing information."So whenever anybody tests positive the vast majority of them we manage to speak to, we ask which contacts they've had, who they've been in contact.
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