Salford has seen just six new confirmed cases of coronavirus, despite more testing taking place around the city. The total has now hit 902, up from the previous day's 896.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, Manchester now totals 1,462 cases (up from 1,445), followed by Wigan with 1,124 (up from 1,117), Stockport 1,023 (up from 1,014), Oldham 1,017 (up from 1,012), Bolton 970 (up from 959), Trafford 757 (up from 751), Rochdale 736 (up from 729), Bury 687 (up from 675) and Tameside 642 (up from 633).
There have been no new deaths reported by Salford Royal Hospital.
Meanwhile, the trade unions are putting the safety of pupils, teachers and support workers at the forefront of negotiations on the further opening of schools.
Yesterday, after the Prime Minister stated that a track and trace operation will be in place by 1st June, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, argued that, while pleased to hear it, "We have received no private assurances on this matter and we would like to see the contact tracing actually in place before schools do start adding to the R rate.
"We would urge the Prime Minister to respond to our other points including that all of the science considered by SAGE around school opening questions should be put in the public domain and they should engage with the trades unions in negotiations about how to open schools safely."
Salford City UNISON has already written to its members insisting that any school thinking of wider re-opening must comply with its checklist of conditions set out by joint trade unions...including risk assessments for increasing pupil numbers, social distancing measures, PPE, sanitisation and school travel arrangements, how they are going to protect vulnerable pupils and staff, and 'how testing, tracing and isolating will work locally and how it will apply to our schools'...
"We believe the onus is on the school (or other educational/childcare setting) to undertake this vital piece of work" the letter states "Until a school (or educational/childcare setting) has demonstrated that it can comply with the requirements set out, it should not admit children beyond those eligible for support through the lockdown.
"We are calling on Salford City Council to take its responsibilities seriously and to declare openly and publicly that it will actively resist – and support staff and their unions to resist – the further opening of any school or educational/childcare setting that has not actively demonstrated its compliance with these requirements to its staff, their trade unions, parents and the local authority..."
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