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The city has now moved onto the list of the ten areas in the country with the highest transmission rates after figures rose by a massive 191 percent in the last week.
In response, Dr Muna Abdel Aziz, director of public health at Salford City Council, has warned that both schools and hospitals in the borough are likely to be impacted in the coming weeks.
This rapid increase in cases is being driven by the B.1.617 strain of coronavirus, a variant of concern initially discovered in India and subsequently dubbed the