residents across Greater Manchester struggle to find available appointments. “Additional testing capacity is essential to help prevent further spread of the virus in Cheshire and Merseyside but also the North West," Mr Ashworth said.“Currently the North West region has 25 per cent of the Covid-19 national cases and yet has access to only 15 per cent of the national testing capacity.”Council chiefs in Bolton, which has the highest infection rate in England, urged the government to treat “major flaws” with the online booking system as “a matter of the utmost priority”.Conservative leader of the council, Councillor David Greenhalgh, said: “We completely understand how frustrating it is for people who are finding it difficult to book a.