direct to your inboxMore than 50 people without symptoms have tested positive for Covid-19 as part of a mass testing programme in south Manchester where a new variant of the virus has been found.Surge testing is being carried out in Moss Side and neighbouring areas after four cases of E484K, a mutation of the Kent strain which has spread across the country, were discovered earlier this month.
A similar approach has been adopted in the north of the city this week after the same ‘variant of concern’ was found in parts of Moston and Harpurhey.