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Positive cases are once again having a huge impact on schools across the region, with youngsters sent home to learn remotely because their bubbles have burst.
Now school leaders say immediate action is needed to stop large groups of children missing out on more face-to-face action. In Oldham, one of the nine Greater Manchester boroughs now following the same path as Bolton, where cases peaked before half term, more than 3,000 children and 210 staff are now isolating - with 84 out of 100
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