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5 January 2021
2 minute read
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.
5 January 2021
3 minute read
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.
30 December 2020
4 minute read
LEICESTER is to move to Tier 4 of the Government’s covid alert levels after a nationwide review of the coronavirus pandemic.
17 December 2020
3 minute read
RESTRICTIONS in Leicester are to continue at the highest level, after a review of the coronavirus situation in the city.
17 December 2020
1 minute read
LEICESTER’S outdoor gyms have now fully reopened across the city.
16 December 2020
3 minute read
CORONAVIRUS tests that give a result within an hour will start to be offered to asymptomatic people in Leicester from today (Wednesday).
16 December 2020
4 minute read
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.
15 December 2020
3 minute read
POLICE and council officers have carried out a series of visits to check compliance with national coronavirus safety measures at shops in Leicester.
7 December 2020
3 minute read
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.
2 December 2020
3 minute read
PUBLIC health bosses are reminding people how vital it is to self-isolate if they are showing any symptoms of coronavirus.
1 December 2020
3 minute read
CITY council staff are knocking on doors in Leicester once again, as the council launches a new phase of community testing to help track down the coronavirus and stop its transmission.
26 November 2020
4 minute read
RESTRICTIONS in Leicester are set to get even tighter when the national lockdown ends next week.