Britain has imposed a stringent lockdown on the English city of Leicester following a local flare-up of the novel coronavirus, overshadowing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's attempts to nudge the country back to normality.
LEICESTER, England - Britain has imposed a stringent lockdown on the English city of Leicester following a local flare-up of the novel coronavirus, overshadowing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s attempts to nudge the country back to normality.
However, in Leicester, in the eastern Midlands of England, that relaxation is in reverse after figures showed its seven-day infection rate was three times higher than the next highest city. Leicester accounted for 10% of all positive cases in England in the past week, the government said. Leicester mayor Peter Soulsby said it had been hard to get details from the government including what areas the lockdown would cover. “It’s obviously going to be quite a challenge enforcing it,” he told Sky News.
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