The Greater Manchester mayor has branded the mandatory vaccination policy, which sees all NHS staff required to get the Covid-19 vaccine, as 'heavy handed'.
Andy Burnham's comments come as the deadline approaches for staff to have had their first dose, before being fully vaccinated against the virus by April.
However, in Greater Manchester, new figures shared by the mayor show that Covid-19 patient numbers, and the region's rates of infection, could be levelling out.
