Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox One month on from the lifting of legal Covid restrictions, there are pandemic nerves in Greater Manchester.
Case numbers soared in June and July right through to so-called 'Freedom Day' on July 19 - before they fell dramatically right across the region.
But in the last fortnight the numbers have plateaued - and while Covid vaccinations are working by preventing hospitalisations and deaths, a large chunk of the population is yet to have its shot in the arm. READ MORE: Manchester has already accommodated 1,000 refugees fleeing Afghanistan Ahead of winter bugs and the return to classrooms next month - and against a backdrop of high pressure in the NHS - there