Teachers are calling for a two week half-term in October to help contain the spread of coronavirus.The National Education Union (NEU) said the move could allow the Government to "get in control of the test, track and trace system and get cases lower, to allow the system to work better".The call comes after new data from the ONS showed there was an estimated average of 27,900 new cases per day of Covid-19 between October 2 and 8 across the UK.The latest infection figures show the number of cases in Manchester has fallen for the fifth day running, however.The city still has the highest infection rate in the region at 460 cases per 100,000 people - but there has been a steady fall since the peak of 582 on October 6.The rest of Greater.