The decision was taken by the Strategic Coordination Group on the weekend after they met to discuss the increased lockdown restrictions announced last week across parts of the North West. New measures forbid people from different households from meeting each other inside their homes or in gardens, while also banning separate households from mixing in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues. Out of the top 20 worst affected local authority areas for Covid-19 infections in England, Greater Manchester boroughs - home to almost 3 million people - comprise more than a third of the list, with seven entries.
Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, said: "People should not be alarmed that a major incident has been declared."
He called the move "standard practice for complex situations" and said it would allow a "central command structure" to be created to enable agencies to "draw on extra resources".
The decision was taken by the Strategic Coordination Group on the weekend after they met to discuss the increased lockdown restrictions announced last week across parts of the North West.
New measures forbid people from different households from meeting each other inside their homes or in gardens, while also banning separate households from mixing in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues.
Out of the top 20 worst affected local authority areas for Covid-19 infections in England, Greater Manchester boroughs - home to almost 3 million people - comprise more than a third of the list, with seven entries.
The decision comes after Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester tweeted: "I listened to the Government when they came to me late on Thursday & asked for our support for new restrictions.
"I am now asking them to listen to us: please reinstate the shielding policy in Greater Manchester from first thing tomorrow.
"Failure to do so is wrong and inhumane."
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8.38am update: 90-minute tests "a game-changer", sayhs Zahawi
Business and Industry Minister Nadhim Zahawi described 90-minute tests for coronavirus as a "game changer".
He told BBC Breakfast: "This is a game changer because the ability to do a test by just over an hour or 90 minutes will make a massive difference to our response to coronavirus whether at hospitals if somebody's coming in for surgery and people need to know very quickly if they've got coronavirus.
"You need to be able to test very rapidly and get those results that are accurate rapidly."
Asked if the tests will be used in care home settings, Mr Zahawi said 50,000 tests are being delivered to care homes daily, adding: "This will make a further difference because being able to administer these tests without any clinical training is another game changer."
8.35am update: Germany posed to begin testing travellers
Mandatory testing of travellers returning to Germany from countries with a high risk of COVID-19 infection will take effect later this week, Health Minister Jens Spahn said.
He told German broadcaster ARD: "We have first drafts.
"We want to coordinate this well with the states because they need to be able to implement it at airports and train stations."
8.22am update: Sadiq Khan orders Boris Johnson to STOP plan to ‘seal off London’
Sadiq Khan has ordered Boris Johnson not to seal off London in a angry letter in which he complains of not being informed of the Government's plans.
Mr Khan was writing after news emerged relating to an exercise staged last week in which a major resurgence of COVID-19 in the capital was central.
Reports in several media outlets suggested the M25 would be used as a "quarantine ring" - effectively sealing the city off.
Mr Khan write: "Our surprise is such that far reaching contingency plans have been discussed and tested without the involvement of London's government."
8.19am update: Sewage surveillance stepped up in fresh bid to halt second wave
Health experts are to begin testing sewage to identify coronavirus hotspots across the UK.
Results from the programme will indicate which areas of the country need to go into lockdown to prevent a second wave of infections.
The tests are being rolled out nationwide after trials across 44 sites in England provided accurate information on local COVID-19 flare-ups.
The scientists behind the tests believe infected people shed virus material in faeces within hours of symptoms appearing, meaning regular checks of sewage could identify the presence of the virus much quicker than swab tests.
Under the existing programme people are only tested once they start to show symptoms which normally take five days to appear.
Researchers from Bangor University in North Wales have been analysing sewage since March and found the volume of virus in samples plummeted after lockdown was imposed.
7.52am update: HSBC suffers profit crash
HSBC has suffered a 65 percent drop in pre-tax profit in the first half of the year as Europe's largest bank was struck by a dive in interest rates and coronavirus disruption.
The bank reported profits of 4.3 billion US dollars (£3.2 billion) in the half year to June 30, down from 12.4 billion dollars (£9.5 billion) in the same period in 2019.
The bank has endured a torrid year on the markets with the London listed shares falling more than 40% from 595p to 342p as of June 30.
Group chief executive Noel Quinn said: "Our first half performance was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, falling interest rates, increased geopolitical risk and heightened levels of market volatility."
7.43am update: Major incident in Greater Manchester
Soaring numbers of coronavirus cases have prompted authorities in Greater Manchester to declare a major incident amid assurances that there is "no cause for alarm".
The decision was taken by the Strategic Coordination Group on the weekend after they met to discuss the increased lockdown restrictions announced last week across parts of the North West.
New measures forbid people from different households from meeting each other inside their homes or in gardens, while also banning separate households from mixing in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues.
Out of the top 20 worst affected local authority areas for Covid-19 infections in England, Greater Manchester boroughs - home to almost 3 million people - comprise more than a third of the list, with seven entries.
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