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Focus shifts to Bolton town centre with new Covid door-to-door testing and vaccinations

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For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter Health bosses are set to focus resources - including surge testing and vaccinations - on more areas of Bolton as Covid infection rates continue to rise.

Cases have spiked in the town over the last few weeks, driven by the prevalence of the B.1.617.2 strain of coronavirus, often called the Indian variant.

Recent efforts have been focused on the BL3 and BL4 postcodes, where infections had been spreading quickly, particularly among school aged children.

More than 6,500 received vaccinations at a special mobile walk-in centre outside Essa Academy in Great Lever this week and a second site was set up at the Quebec Centre in nearby Deane.

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