As people mill about Bury town centre on market day, it is only the sight of masks on some shoppers' faces that serve as a reminder of the pandemic.
Across Greater Manchester, Covid-19 infection rates have been falling with Bury currently the anomaly. It is the only one of the nine boroughs where the week-on-week trend had risen, according to the latest figures. READ MORE : Family's cruise cancelled because kids, five months and 2, aren't jabbed Four of Greater Manchester's top nine 'coronavirus hotspots' also happen to be in the borough.
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