Greater Manchester could escape further Covid-19 restrictions for the time being, the M.E.N. understands, following a high-level review of its measures.Some senior sources are confident there will be no new restrictions for the next week, although others are more cautious, warning ministers could still change their minds tomorrow.This morning extra restrictions had been announced for much of the North East - including a 10pm bar curfew - after a ‘gold’ meeting of senior ministers and medical advisers in Whitehall.At the same meeting, they discussed the situation in Greater Manchester and other parts of the country.It is understood extra restrictions are now expected in parts of Lancashire and Merseyside, but that government has decided to.