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BOLTON North East MP Mark Logan has called for everyone in the borough over the age of 18 to be given a coronavirus vaccination before the end of the month. As the town s Covid-19 infection rate rockets to more than 10 times above the national average, the Conservative MP says vaccination is the only way to stop hospitalisation and death from the virus. The call comes as cases of the highly infectious Indian variant have been discovered in Bolton. Mr Logan said: “We must aim to vaccinate Bolton before the end of May. Over the last year Bolton has been living under a form of lockdown for longer than almost everywhere else in the country.
BOLTON has stepped up its fight against coronavirus this weekend amid a surge in cases after the spread of the Indian variant. Council teams have been to homes in Deane, Great Lever and Rumworth to hand out testing kits to residents in efforts to track Covid-19. The surge testing has been going on in the BL3 area for a week now following a rise in the borough s infection rate. Bolton Council s director of public health, Dr Helen Lowey, said: It s really important that people take the test, even if they don t have symptoms. We want to stop the spread of the virus, we want to be able to contain it.
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BOLTON residents have been urged to remain vigilant and continue to be cautious ahead of the latest phase in the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown. Whilst the easing of restrictions will be welcomed by residents and businesses alike, Bolton’s COVID infection rate is on the rise and communities are being advised to remain cautious. Leader of Bolton Council, Councillor David Greenhalgh said that this was essential to preventing any future lockdowns. He said: “Yes, our rates of the Indian Variant are going up, but while hospitalisations remain low and all evidence points to the effectiveness of the vaccine , the administration’s message to Government is ‘do not lock us down. Do not take us out of the road map.