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Liverpool City Region and Cheshire Leaders Call for Urgent Deployment of Testing Capacity
The Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region and the Leaders of four Cheshire Local Authorities have today (Weds 16th September) called on the Government to urgently deploy more Covid-19 testing capacity in the region.
Merseyside was last week identified by the Government as an ‘area of concern’, with Covid-19 cases are rising across the region.
An immediate increase in testing capacity is now urgent to protect the most vulnerable members of the community and avoid further local lockdowns, say the Leaders and Mayor.
The call comes jointly from Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region; Cllr Louise Gittins, Leader, Cheshire West and Chester Council; Cllr Sam Corcoran, Leader, Cheshire East Council; Cllr Rob Polhill, Leader, Halton Borough Council and Cllr Russ Bowden, Leader, Warrington Borough Council.
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region said:
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