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the English city of Leicester risks local confinement

The next stage of deconfinement in England is however expected next Saturday with the reopening of pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, museums and cinemas, closed since the end of March.

By Le Figaro with AFP

In the center of Leicester in April 2020.
In the center of Leicester in April 2020. PAUL ELLIS / AFP

City of Leicester (center) at risk of restrictive measures due to local resurgence of new coronavirus cases, UK Interior Minister said Sunday, June 28, a few days before a major phase of deconfinement in England.

Premier Boris Johnson has the delicate task of succeeding after being highly criticized for his management of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 43,000 people in the United Kingdom, making it the most affected country in Europe. the deconfinement whose next big step is expected next Saturday.

According to Sunday Times, government is preparing to impose containment “within the next few daysIn the city of Leicester, where 658 new cases were reported the two weeks before June 16. The newspaper linked the increase in cases to an epidemic in food production factories and to large gatherings around restaurants offering take-out. Interior Minister Priti Patel, when interviewed by the BBC, said he was “exactThat the government was considering local containment measures. “There will be support for Leicester and the Minister of Health has been in touch with many of us over the weekend to explain some of the measures“, She explained.

Four screening sites have been set up and thousands of home screening kits have been made available, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.

The next major step in deconfinement in England is the reopening on Saturday of pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, museums and cinemas, closed since the end of March. The stores “not essentialHave already reopened in mid-June. But many voices were alarmed at the risk of a second wave of contamination, including representatives of the medical world who warned that “local homes are increasingly likely», In an open letter to the British Medical Journal, published on Wednesday.

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