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Last Friday, Boris Johnson insisted that the Government was still on track to lift social distancing rules on June 21, despite fears over the Indian variant. “I am still seeing nothing in the data that leads me to think that we’re going to have to deviate from the road map”, the Prime Minister told reporters. Behind the scenes, however, Mr Johnson’s officials were apparently not quite as hopeful. On that same day last week, the Government’s website was quietly updated with new “guid...

THE GOVERNMENT is to make it clearer that it is not imposing local lockdowns, as a Kirklees board announced the district is still service as normal. Earlier today it emerged that Kirklees had been placed on a list of eight "Indian variant hotspot" locations where people were being urged against all but essential travel in and out of the area. This was due to rising cases of Covid-19 cases in these select areas and the latest figures show that Kirkless has the fourth highest infection ...

Indian variant coronavirus alarm bells need to ring says Leicester MP Cases are increasing as further easing of lockdown approaches Surge vaccination should be considered says Jon Ashworth (Image: PA) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy No...

More Indian variant Covid cases confirmed in city But health bosses say the strain is contained 05:00, 14 MAY 2021 Latest coronavirus figures for Leicestershire (Image: Leicester Mercury / Chris Gordon) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy ...

Local lockdown: The words no one in Leicester wants to hear Ministers have refused to rule out local restrictions - heres how things look in the city right now 14:37, 14 MAY 2021 Leicester spent more time than any other area in lockdown (Image: Getty) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your inform...

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Indian Covid variant not a specific concern for Leicester The citys public health director is urging people to remain cautious No more Indian variant coronavirus cases have been found so far in Leicester (Image: PA) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance wit...

First cases of Indian variant Covid-19 found in Leicester Extra testing is now being carried out a a city school Updated The first three cases of Indian variant Covid-19 have been detected in Leicester Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy N...

Three cases of the Indian Covid variant have been spotted in Leicester, sparking a testing blitz at a school to snuff out any potential cases. The strain, linked to an explosion in cases in India, has officially been detected 132 times in the UK but experts say there are likely hundreds more. Leicesters public health director Professor Ivan Browne said the Indian variant cases were all being investigated, isolated and contact-traced.  Health chiefs have not yet ordered surge testing in the cit...

Alert as cases of Indian variant Covid-19 found in nearby Leicester Three confirmed cases of the mutated form of the virus have been discovered The first cases of Indian variant Covid-19 found in Leicester (Image: Simon Dawson/PA Wire) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be...