Stockport, Trafford and Bolton join Wigan in obtaining more freedoms, after Covid-19 infection rates in the boroughs fell consistently.Oldham meanwhile, remains subject to more stringent restrictions which prohibit households from mixing.The situation has not changed for the other five Greater Manchester boroughs however.
It means Manchester, Salford, Bury, Tameside and Rochdale remain under the local lockdown restrictions that were introduced on July 31.
It means that people living in the five boroughs will still have to abide by the local lockdown rules that have been in place for almost a month.
This is what you can and cannot do, according to the government: Your household is only the people you live with, or people within your support.
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