Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is ‘definitely under way’ according to a government scientific adviser.
As the vaccine programme was this week extended to over-18s - and clinics in Greater Manchester opened to all adults this weekend - the race against the Delta variant has gained a new sense of urgency.
Infection rates in the UK continue to rise, with Public Health England reporting a 79pc climb over a week in the number of cases of the variant first identified in India.
Hospital cases, meanwhile, have nearly doubled. READ MORE: Salford and Manchester dominate region's top ten Covid-19 hotspots as cases continue to rise And, according