Andy Burnham says he is due to hold a meeting with the country's deputy chief medical officer today with regards to the new local lockdown system.
The government have said they would like to see Greater Manchester - which was placed into tier 2 of the new Covid Alert system on Monday - moved into the third and highest tier, which would see pubs ordered to close.It was reported last night that escalating the alert levels in Greater Manchester and Lancashire was to be discussed at a 'gold command' meeting at the top of government today.