Glasgow was plunged into a brand-new local lockdown following a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, as council chiefs in the Greater Manchester urged the Government not to lift constraints in their area.
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister, has prohibited hundreds of thousands of Scots from checking out other families following the increase in infection blamed on indoor gatherings.
Sturgeon unveiled extreme limitations covering more than 800,000 people in Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire.
In what she referred to as a “wake-up call” for the entire country, she stated that individuals in the affected areas should not go to other households or host visitors in their homes except in emergencies.
It came as council employers in Bolton and Trafford urged the British Government to postpone the planned easing of restrictions following a “unexpected and unforeseeable” rise in coronavirus cases in the town.
Measures forbiding various households from meeting inside houses or gardens in Bolton and a number of other northern areas were originally planned to be unwinded today.
The leaders of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority have called for the local lockdowns to stay till an “exit strategy” can be established.
Mayor Andy Burnham has actually written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock using help on targeted test-and-trace in the most affected neighborhoods.
The case rate in Bolton has actually increased from 18.4 per 100,000 people to 56.4.
Councillor David Greenhalgh, the Conservative leader of Bolton council, said there had been outbreaks in 35 of 37 locations in Bolton, with a “mini-outbreak” at a hostelry causing a minimum of 14 validated cases.
Council leaders in Trafford had actually advised that restrictions be preserved to await more proof of a continual down pattern in favorable cases however were overthrown by the Government.
Latest figures reveal the seven-day infection rate in Trafford is up from 19.0 to 35.8, with 85 new cases recorded.
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