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25.09.2020 / 19:39

Local lockdowns are suppressing an explosion of new Covid-19 cases - but they're not enough to stop rising infections, one council leader has warned

Local lockdown measures are suppressing an explosion of new cases of coronavirus - but are not enough on their own to bring down climbing infection rates, Oldham’s council leader has said.Councillor Sean Fielding believes that the return to schools and workplaces, combined with the effect of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme is behind the latest dramatic spike in Greater Manchester.The council leader also criticised the ‘contradictory messages’ from the government which meant people were becoming ‘lethargic’ and more likely to see announcements of measures as ‘white noise’, he said.Aside from Leicester, Oldham was the first borough in England to be put under stricter restrictions to prevent rising Covid-19 cases at the start of August.Those

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22.08.2020 / 13:07

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Oldham boss on how council is tackling Covid - and why celebrities are part of the strategy

the borough was placed under tighter lockdown restrictions after its coronavirus infection rate spiked to become the worst in England.It means separate households are no longer allowed to meet outdoors alongside the measures which bans them from meeting in a property or private garden, that still apply to the rest of Greater Manchester.Here are all the new restrictions in place. The council has previously posted video messages on social media from the actor James Buckley, who played Jay in The Inbetweeners, as well as Game of Thrones star James Cosmo and Pakistani cricket captain Azhar Ali.Cllr Sean Fielding, leader of the council, said that the novel idea was aimed at reaching different areas of the community.On BBC Breakfast this morning

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'Imminent' Oldham lockdown after coronavirus clusters in hotspot town see cases soar

Oldham could be the next town forced back into lockdown after it recorded the country’s third-highest infection rate.

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29.07.2020 / 21:05

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Moving Oldhamers with coronavirus out of crowded houses to self-isolate isn't an option bosses are looking at

Moving people who test positive for coronavirus from large households to self-isolate elsewhere is ‘not on the table’, Oldham’s council leader has said.Despite a hundred plus spike in cases being mainly attributed to ‘household transmission’, councillor Sean Fielding said leaders were not looking at measures to move residents who test positive into separate dwellings away from family members.He was responding to a question from Nick Robinson, on Radio Four's Today show, who asked whether they were considering a scheme – similar to one introduced in China – to take people out of ‘crowded homes’ to quarantine at a different location.Coun Fielding said he didn’t believe it would be practical.“It’s certainly not something we’re discussing or

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15.06.2020 / 20:17

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Those who attended 'quarantine rave' condemned by council leader

three men being stabbed and an 18-year-old woman raped.A 20-year-old man died following a ‘suspected drug overdose’ at the Daisy Nook rave.Oldham council leader Sean Fielding said reports coming out about the ‘horrific events’ at the country park event were ‘truly shocking’.The town hall stated that Greater Manchester Police have launched an investigation into the event.“I’d just like to say our thoughts are with the family and friends of the young man who sadly died,” Coun Fielding added.“Gathering for an illegal rave at a local beauty spot is something that would be rightly condemned at any time for the danger it places people in and the mess that is left for others to clean up.“Though for this to happen in the middle of a global

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Sean Fielding - Government must 'learn lessons from Second World War' if it wants country to bounce back from COVID-19 pandemic, council leader says - manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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22.05.2020 / 21:17

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Government must 'learn lessons from Second World War' if it wants country to bounce back from COVID-19 pandemic, council leader says

The government must ‘learn lessons’ from the Great Depression and the Second World War when it comes to rebuilding the country post-pandemic, a council leader has said.

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24.04.2020 / 19:09

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Warning over Donald Trump's strange 'disinfectant' remarks

A doctor has warned that people should not be using bleach to protect themselves from coronavirus after Donald Trump suggested disinfectant could be injected to kill the virus.

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31.03.2020 / 21:21

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'Selfish idiots' blasted after dumping this disgraceful mess during lockdown

This is the disgraceful mess that has been piled high by fly tippers on a secluded road.

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Sean Fielding - Changes to bin collections in Oldham will be introduced - and other services disrupted - because of the coronavirus crisis - manchestereveningnews.co.uk - county Oldham

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20.03.2020 / 19:03

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Changes to bin collections in Oldham will be introduced - and other services disrupted - because of the coronavirus crisis

Changes to bin collections in Oldham will be introduced - and other services disrupted - because of the coronavirus crisis.

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