direct to your inboxHospital bosses in Greater Manchester are meeting today (December 21) for a rapid review of testing, site access and visiting rules in light of a new variant of coronavirus in the UK.Northern Care Alliance (NCA) - the NHS group which runs hospitals and other health care services in Salford, Bury, Oldham and Rochdale - will today decide whether its infection prevention control measures must be strengthened.It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that the new variant of the virus, which has spread quickly in London and the south east of England, could be up to 70pc more transmissible than other strains of Covid-19.More than 30 countries have now banned UK arrivals due to concerns about the new variant which.