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Leicester's director of public health has warned local people that the coronavirus situation is now putting huge strain on the city's hospitals.

THE TEAM charged with tracking down people who test positive for coronavirus, but who fail to respond to an automated message, has seen a huge surge in its workload.

A WALK-IN centre offering rapid coronavirus testing to those without symptoms is helping to identify people in Leicester who could be passing on the virus without knowing it.

STAY at home, save lives and protect the NHS. That’s the message from the government and public health experts, as a new national lockdown begins to tackle a more easily-caught strain of coronavirus which is spreading across the country.

LEICESTER is to move to Tier 4 of the Government’s covid alert levels after a nationwide review of the coronavirus pandemic.

RESTRICTIONS in Leicester are to continue at the highest level, after a review of the coronavirus situation in the city.

LEICESTER’S outdoor gyms have now fully reopened across the city.

CORONAVIRUS tests that give a result within an hour will start to be offered to asymptomatic people in Leicester from today (Wednesday).

ADDITIONAL investment of over £1million is helping to ensure that no-one has to sleep rough in Leicester this winter, despite unprecedented challenges for homelessness services. 

POLICE and council officers have carried out a series of visits to check compliance with national coronavirus safety measures at shops in Leicester.

A PILOT study will get under way in Leicester this week that will give the city council responsibility for tracing people who test positive for coronavirus but who prove to be difficult to contact.

PUBLIC health bosses are reminding people how vital it is to self-isolate if they are showing any symptoms of coronavirus.