Teenagers as young as 17 receive their Covid jabs in Bolton as 6,000 locals rush to get vaccinated

Teenagers as young as 17 in Bolton have been given the Covid vaccine as 6,000 people rushed to have the jab over the weekend after an outbreak of the Indian variant. The town in Greater Manchester was identified as one of the UK’s hotspots as areas within the BL3 postcode registered a small number of … Read more

Teenagers as young as 17 receive their Covid jabs in Bolton as 6,000 locals rush to get vaccinated

Teenagers as young as 17 in Bolton have been given the Covid vaccine as 6,000 people rushed to have the jab over the weekend after an outbreak of the Indian variant. The town in Greater Manchester was identified as one of the UK’s hotspots as areas within the BL3 postcode registered a small number of … Read more

Jab teams in Indian variant-hit Bolton defy official advice and roll out crisis doses for the young

Northerners are made of stern stuff but even they need a good reason to go out and be buffeted by driving rain and howling winds. For the citizens of Bolton, that reason is the Indian variant of coronavirus. ‘I’m here because I couldn’t get an appointment with my GP,’ explained mother-of-four Mel Flanagan as she … Read more

Jab teams in Indian variant-hit Bolton defy official advice and roll out crisis doses for the young

Northerners are made of stern stuff but even they need a good reason to go out and be buffeted by driving rain and howling winds. For the citizens of Bolton, that reason is the Indian variant of coronavirus. ‘I’m here because I couldn’t get an appointment with my GP,’ explained mother-of-four Mel Flanagan as she … Read more

Covid hotspot Bolton will keep two-visitor limit on care homes

Care homes in Covid hotspot Bolton have been told to hold fire on plans to permit more visitors next week amid surging cases of the Indian variant. Schools in the Greater Manchester borough are also urging pupils and staff to keep wearing masks in classrooms next week, despite the measure due to be scrapped nationally … Read more