Coronavirus: Blackburn and Luton 'areas of intervention'
People in Blackburn have been urged to follow tougher control measures for a month to bring infection rates down
The leader of Blackburn with Darwen Council said it had already decided to keep leisure facilities closed. Mr Khan added that the decision to delay the reopening of council leisure facilities would run alongside new"localised prevention measures". But these are still relatively low levels of infection - Leicester had twice the rate of Blackburn at the point a local lockdown was announced there.The widespread availability of testing means in the fight against the virus authorities should be able to spot local flare-ups early and take action to prevent them spiralling out of control. Similar measures are being taken in other parts of Europe.Luton council leader Hazel Simmons said:"The safety of the public is the priority for us.
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