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Bolton South East, told The Guardian that many people in the area believed the virus was a fake, government-constructed concept and as a result were refusing to adhere to social distancing guidelines. “There is a lot of confusion about the virus in the area and there are a lot of people now who do not believe it is true,” she said.

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coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, the latest figures for Greater Manchester show.

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Manchester Evening News : "Because the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is pretty stable it's unlikely to be able to evade our immune response. "This can be compared to the flu, hepatitis C and HIV which can change and escape immunity because their proteins are no longer recognised."The research gives hope to the idea of future immunity against the virus - but Prof Smith warns the scientific community is still on 'new ground', adding: "It's going to be a while before we can fully answer questions around immunity."For people who have been infected with the virus or vaccinated, we don't know if they are going to do better in the future if they are exposed to the virus again."We hope and expect so but can only find that out with time.

the total number of positive cases in Greater Manchester increased by more than 50 per cent in one day.There were 576 positive cases confirmed in the region on Wednesday, compared with 374 on Tuesday.But that is likely to have been caused by the backlog of tests that have been taken that took longer to produce a result.A more accurate guide to the bigger picture is the infection rate.Our latest analysis of the data shows that Oldham is still seeing an increase in cases, but the infection rate has fallen slightly to 110.1.Salford, Bury and Tameside all have rates in the 90s, while Rochdale is on 86.8 and Manchester 84.1.Only Stockport, 44.3 and Trafford 43.4 remain outside the government 'red zone'.There continues to be widespread reports of

Bolton in the last two weeks was 'two to three times higher' than in other parts of the country, according to the test and trace boss. Baroness Dido Harding said over 13,000 people were tested in the borough in last 14 days.That is 'two to three times' higher than the average number of tests being carried out across the rest of England.

A Bury town centre bar has been forced to close after authorities said there were repeated failures to enforce coronavirus lockdown rules.Kavern, at the Rock, has been handed an immediate closure notice by Bury Council after a number of warning letters were sent out to management and the owner.Council officers made several visits to the venue and say they found people drinking in large groups with little or no social distancing.

Old Trafford has become a new coronavirus hotspot for Trafford, with 22 new cases declared in a week.The ward in the north of the borough had the highest number of new cases confirmed of any ward in Trafford between September 6 and September 12, according to Public Health England’s figures.Currently Trafford’s infection rate stands at 43.0 per 100,000 people – which is the lowest in Greater Manchester but above the national average of 32.2.The infection rate is also starting to increase again.A total of 83 new cases were confirmed across Trafford between September 6 and September 12, with Old Trafford accounting for more than a quarter of those.The next highest number of cases was in Firswood, which saw just 9 new positives confirmed.Last

Bolton council staff 'do not have the resource to deliver what is needed'. Mr Logan asked that contact tracing be ramped up to help deal with the testing chaos.

Rochdale is approaching 100 cases per 100,000 people, with an infection rate of 90.8.That's the fourth highest in Greater Manchester.The testing unit will be open from 10.30am to 3.30pm Monday to Wednesday between 10.30am and 3.30pm on High Street car park, off St Mary’s Gate behind the Dunelm store.Tests must be booked. Appointments can be made by ringing 119 or at nhs.uk/coronavirus.

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updated figures from Public Health England show that Bolton is the first place in the UK to record a weekly rate of more than 200 new cases for every 100,000 people.And yet, residents who are showing symptoms are still struggling to access the tests they have been told they must take.From the online failures which sent people miles from home to mobile centres in key infection areas failing to arrive, the entire testing project appears to have created confusion.One concerned Bolton mum told theM.E.N.

the latest infection rate data shows.