Public health and social care

• Two new rapid coronavirus testing sites to open next week

  29 January 2021

  2 minute read

  TWO new walk-in centres that will offer rapid coronavirus testing to workers who have no symptoms of the virus are set to open in Leicester next week.

• A message from Leicester’s director of public health, Professor Ivan Browne

  14 January 2021

  3 minute read

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

• Caseload rockets for city’s covid tracing team

  8 January 2021

  3 minute read

  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.

• Rapid coronavirus testing helping to identify asymptomatic covid carriers

  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.

• Coronavirus: Important new information for you

  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.

• 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.