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MailOnline's analysis of official figures show daily cases have plateaued in Bolton for the first time in a month following a period of exponential growth of the Indian variant in April and early May.
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Furious locals in Britain s eight Indian variant hotspots have claimed they only found out about the travel ban today as they lamented being forced to cancel long-awaited trips and family reunions at the last minute.
Updated Covid guidance brought in without any warning has urged people not to visit Bolton, Blackburn with Darwen, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside.
It was published by Downing Street on Friday, and asked for an extra cautious approach in areas that have been hit hardest by the Indian variant of Covid-19.
Ministers were today hammered by MPs for imposing local lockdowns by the back door , with Labour branding the sudden shift upsetting and insulting .
Leaders in Indian variant hotspots have said local lockdowns are not in place after confusion over Government issued guidance to avoid “non-essential” travel out of eight areas in England. Earlier a Cabinet minister told people “don’t travel to and from Hounslow” and the seven other areas unless it is an essential journey - to stop the spread of the Covid-19 variant. But a joint statement issued by directors of public health in Burnley, Bedford,.