a fifth of schools across the region, comes little over a fortnight after pupils started the new academic year. And with no official list available of all the bubble closures - and the Manchester Evening News only able to confirm cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more.
A further 25 have been confirmed today, many of those in Wigan as the local authority has started releasing its own weekly update to show which schools have been affected across the borough. How has sending your child back to school been for you so far?
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