The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has today made calls for Bolton to be taken off the Scottish travel ban list.
This is due to Bolton's coronavirus infection rates falling significantly over recent weeks, while large parts of England and Scotland see theirs rise.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is calling for the ban to be lifted as there is 'no justification' to it.
Metro Mayor, Andy Burnham, tweeted: "Scotland do a weekly review of their travel ban.
"Based on latest stats, there’s no justification for Bolton remaining in. Parts of England and Scotland have much higher rates.
"The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has just called on Scottish government to lift the Bolton ban today."
Scotland do a weekly review of their travel ban.
— Andy Burnham (@AndyBurnhamGM) June 25, 2021
Based on latest stats, there’s no justification for Bolton remaining in. Parts of England & Scotland have much higher rates.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has just called on @scotgov to lift the Bolton ban today.
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He posted two sets of data showing how much Covid cases had dropped in Bolton compared to places in Scotland.
In the seven days to June 20, Bolton recorded an infection rate of 246.2 new cases per 100,000 residents.
Whereas, the City of Edinburgh and Dundee City, amongst others, recorded higher rates of 336.4 and 381.1 per 100,000 respectively.
It’s also clear that parts of Scotland have similar or higher case rates than Manchester & Salford.
— Andy Burnham (@AndyBurnhamGM) June 25, 2021
No one here is clamouring for other places to be banned. But we do want to see consistency & fairness in the way this policy is applied.
We need to hear from @scotgov today.
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Mr Burnham added: "It’s also clear that parts of Scotland have similar or higher case rates than Manchester and Salford.
"No one here is clamouring for other places to be banned. But we do want to see consistency and fairness in the way this policy is applied.
"We need to hear from Scottish government today."
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