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The new more contagious coronavirus strain is behind 70pc of cases in one Greater Manchester borough

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direct to your inboxAround 70pc of Covid-19 cases in Tameside are believed to be caused by the new more contagious strain of the virus.Health chiefs say that the new variant of coronavirus, which was first detected in Kent, is now ‘dominant’ in the borough and across much of Greater Manchester.Speaking at a meeting of the health and wellbeing board, director of public health Jeanelle de Gruchy said they needed to be ‘really vigilant’ against the new strain.“We’re seeing high numbers of outbreaks and some large outbreaks, and that is a different picture,” she said.“Before when we had an outbreak actually we could get on top of it and there weren’t as many people in the outbreak getting ill.“Now it seems because of the variant when you have.

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