direct to your inboxAli Raza is stood behind the counter of his pharmacy on Princess Road. Pausing to wipe his glasses he describes the terrible impact coronavirus has had on Moss Side. "During the first wave especially we had a lot of bereavement," he says."If you ask anyone round here they will know someone that has passed away."People would come in, then the next week we would find out they had died."Moss Side is currently Manchester's Covid-19 hotspot.In the seven days to January 12, 94 people tested positive - that's up 62% on the week before.
The infection rate in what the Government's coronavirus map calls Moss Side West - roughly the area ringed by Moss Lane East to the north, Upper Lloyd Street to the east, Demesne Road to the.