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Andy Burnham accuses Boris Johnson of exaggerating the Covid-19 situation in our region
Andy Burnham has accused Boris Johnson of exaggerating the severity of the Covid-19 situation in Greater Manchester.The Prime Minster said that the number of intensive care admissions with the virus were currently at around 40% of the April numbers in the region.Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Mr Burnham slammed the claims, stating that as of Sunday morning there were around 62 people in the regions ICUs with coronavirus - compared with around 200-220 at the previous peak.He added that there have been a total of four patients admitted to Greater Manchester hospitals with the disease on Saturday.He said: “It’s a serious situation but I don’t think it was the situation that was described by the Prime Minister on Friday evening.“I