'We aren't thick'... row as health secretary claims Greater Manchester isn't missing any coronavirus data - it just needs his help to understand it
manchestereveningnews.co.ukwhen it emerged that the results of tests carried out in commercially-run testing centres were not being shared with public health directors.
The row has been thrown into sharp relief over the past week due to the government’s imposition of a local lockdown on Leicester.That decision was taken after it emerged that the number of people testing positive through private facilities in the city was rocketing, although government was not initially sharing that information with Leicester’s public health department, which is tasked with monitoring and containing the situation on the ground.Greater Manchester’s local authorities believe that if they have access to that detailed information held by central government, they can take action to prevent.
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