Coronavirus: 80% of new cases in Trafford are among white community

Exclusive: health chief says rise in Greater Manchester shows spread not just in BAME groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe major incident declared in Greater Manchester should jolt a “complacent white middle class” into realising that Covid-19 is not just spreading in ethnic minority households, one of the region’s health chiefs has said.Eleanor Roaf, the director of public health in Trafford, said 80% of its infections in the last week were in the white community and urged the region’s 2.8 million residents to concentrate “much harder on what we can do to stop the wider spread”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/03/coronavirus-80-new-cases-trafford-among-white-community #coronavirus_outbreak #greater_manchester #manchester #health #local_government #police #uk_news