Public health and social care

• Leicester to move to Tier 4 of Government’s covid alert levels

  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.

• Leicester to remain in Tier 3 of Government’s Covid alert levels

  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.

• Outdoor gyms now fully reopened in city

  17 December 2020

  1 minute read

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

• Rapid coronavirus tests to be offered in city hotspots

  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).

• Extra investment to ensure no-one has to sleep rough this winter

  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. 

• Joint exercise checks on Covid-19 safety among shoppers and businesses

  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.

• Leicester first city in England to pilot local tracing operation

  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.

• Vital to follow rules on self-isolation, say local health bosses

  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.

• Community testing resumes on doorsteps in city’s hotspot areas

  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.

• Leicester confirmed in Tier 3 of Government’s new Covid alert levels

  26 November 2020

  4 minute read

  RESTRICTIONS in Leicester are set to get even tighter when the national lockdown ends next week.

• New walk-up covid testing site opens on Upper Brown Street

  24 November 2020

  1 minute read

  A NEW coronavirus testing site opens in Leicester city centre today.

• Coronavirus: important new information for you

  4 November 2020

  4 minute read

  STAY at home. That’s the message from the government and public health experts, as a second national lockdown gets under way.