Covid: Indian variant-hit Bolton would 'resent' lockdown
There would be a "great deal of resentment" towards a fresh local lockdown in Bolton to help stop the spread of the Indian variant, the town's council leader has said.On Monday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said a local lockdown hadLatest government figures show Bolton has the highest infection rate - 319.9 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to 15 May - and the highest number of cases - a total of 920 - in England.
for those working, living or studying in the BL3 and BL4 postcode areas, where thevariant has been most prevalent. He added: "We have community spread, there's no doubt about that, but the majority of our cases are in our younger age groups."More than 6,000 local residents went to get their first dose of vaccine at the weekend
The Conservative council leader said people in such areas would simply "travel 50 yards across the county boundary" to access services and hospitality venues that were not open in their area."Even when our rates were coming down, we were still in lockdown when in other areas, rates were higher than ours," he said."The people of Bolton have a great spirit and they come together when times are difficult, but [a lockdown] would be a very, very difficult situation to manage.
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