direct to your inboxResidents in parts of Harpurhey and Moston are being invited for immediate Covid tests after a mutant strain was discovered in the area.
Thousands of people will be invited for testing in the coming days as health chiefs work out how the E484K mutation has developed and spread.
It comes just days after thousands of people were offered tests in Moss Side, south of the city, after the strain was detected there.Everyone living or working within a specific area of Moston and Harpurhey will be invited for tests from Wednesday (February 17).
Residents in targeted areas areas within the M40 and M9 postcode districts - as shown in the map above - will be asked to get a test.