Lockdown Britain: 35 places facing local quarantines just like Leicester
dailystar.co.ukFREE newsletter is out of this world! Get the biggest, brightest and weirdest stories straight to your inboxThere area total of 36 cities in counties where the deadly coronavirus is experiencing local spikes, it has been reported.Leicester was placed in a local lockdown on Monday as all non-essential shops were shut and schools closed to most pupils in a huge move announced by the government.The new measures will be reviewed again in two weeks time.When many cases are found in one setting, such as a hospital or a care home, the government has statutory powers to close down a local area, he said.Leicester's lockdown came after its infection rate hit 135 per 100,000 people, a figure which Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs is three times.
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