Mayor of Leicester says he’s ‘very concerned’ about the impact of a second lockdown on the city

The Mayor of Leicester has said that he is “very, very concerned” about the economic impact on the city as a local lockdown comes into place with law changes imminent that will serve to enforce the localised measures.

“One of the things we’ve been stressing to the Government over recent times is that if Leicester is to be locked down and its economy put in limbo for a little longer, we will need support that was given earlier in the pandemic, throughout the UK, restored here in Leicester,” Sir Peter Soulsby said.

Restrictions have been tightened in the East Midlands city with the immediate closure of non-essential retail, and the closures of schools from Thursday onwards except for children of key workers.

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During the 2020 Covid-19 epidemic, lockdown has come to mean the practice of attempting to control transmission of the virus by means of restricting people’s movement and activities on a broad scale, usually on a national or state-wide basis.

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