Public health and social care

• New rapid coronavirus testing site now open

  12 February 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW walk-in centre offering rapid coronavirus testing to workers who have no symptoms of the virus has opened in Leicester today (Friday 12 February).

• Final plea for pledges in COVID remembrance project

  29 January 2021

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to remember all those affected by COVID could get the go-ahead, if its fundraising target is met by Sunday (31 January).

• 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.