Coronavirus: More than 100 outbreaks tackled a week, says Matt Hancock
Leicester was placed under local lockdown two weeks ago, following a rise in coronavirus cases
"Targeted action" is being taken against more than 100 local outbreaks of coronavirus every week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.His comments came after 73 cases of Covid-19It is now two weeks since Mr Hancock announced Leicester would be the first city in the UK to be put under a local lockdown. Restrictions are expected to be reviewed this week.
But he has stressed that most measures to contain the coronavirus will not involve a whole city but instead would centre on a much smaller area, or even just one business or building - and he says these interventions often go unreported by the media and unnoticed by all except those directly involved.The government strategy of targeted local responses whenever data suggests a coronavirus flare-up is a key part of its ongoing plan to reopen British businesses in different phases.
In the latest of these, beauty salons, spas, tattoo parlours and nail bars in the rest of England are welcoming back their first clients for almost four months,
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