Revealed: the areas that may face local Covid lockdowns ‘within days’

Health experts expect ‘a number of Leicesters’ across the UK

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Health experts expect the UK to have ‘a number of Leicesters’
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Leicester this week became the UK’s first city to be put under a local lockdown by the government - but experts are warning that similar measures could be enforced in several other areas in a matter of days.

Downing Street sources told The Telegraph that Bradford, Barnsley, Rochdale, Bedford and Oldham were sitting just below Leicester on a “watch-list” of sites that may face new social distancing restrictions to curb surges in coronavirus infections.

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