direct to your inboxA rally in Manchester today (Saturday) called on the government to implement a 'zero Covid strategy' by introducing stricter measures to save lives.The small gathering in Piccadilly Gardens is said to have mirrored events held across the country.Support for the call is said to have been garnered from doctors, scientists, students and trade unions - with organisers criticising what they called the hovernment's 'reckless return to regional tier measures'.They said it would be 'many months' before most UK citizens are vaccinated, and there wasn't yet evidence whether a vaccine would prevent transmission as well as protect against illness."Stronger measures are needed to reduce community infection near to zero," said the.