The government has announced that people who get a positive lateral flow test will not need to to get take a follow-up PCR test if they are asymptomatic.
The new rule will come into effect on the 11th January, with the government also having announced that the isolation period following a positive result will be cut to seven days.
This is as long as lateral flow tests on the sixth and seventh days are negative.
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There will also be relaxations in travel rules, although plan B measures will remain for another three weeks.
The new testing and isolation rules come at a time when cases are rising both in Greater Manchester and across the country.
Manchester hospitals are also struggling, with hospital beds outside of intensive care now at 96% capacity and non-urgent surgeries and appointments at hospitals in the area postponed.
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