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Coronavirus: City-wide lockdown in Leicester 'not justified'
Jul 13, 2020
Leicester's city-wide lockdown was "not justified", the city's mayor has said, after new data showed only pockets of the city had higher Covid-19 cases.
Sir Peter Soulsby said about 10% of the city's neighbourhoods "have a higher transmission of the [virus]".
He said data should have been shared earlier so authorities could focus on "preventing the transmission there".
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said it continues to "work closely with local authorities".
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, the Leicester mayor said it had taken "weeks" to "finally get some useful data" from the government.
He said: "It's very clear when you look at the data it's a couple of areas of the city that have got a higher than average transmission of the virus.
"Certainly the way the city's been locked down in its entirety, and even beyond its boundaries, is not justified."
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Sir Peter, who has frequently been critical of the government's approach to Leicester's lockdown, said the data should have been shared "many, many weeks ago".
He added: "We should have focused on those areas preventing the transmission there."
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