direct to your inboxMore than 9,000 people have already been vaccinated in Tameside but bosses warn the borough is facing an ‘exponential rise’ in new Covid-19 cases.Greater Manchester is currently locked down for the third time as part of tough nationwide measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.A new more transmissible strain of the virus is now circulating in the region, which is also seeing infection rates and hospital admissions increase again.Leaders say that locally infections have ‘doubled in recent days’ and the lockdown, with its ‘stay at home’ rules, has come at a crucial time to protect the NHS and save lives.Chiefs say that despite Tameside’s rates being generally lower than many other parts of the country during the.