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Belgium has singled Leicester out for stricter restrictions after town was positioned in a neighborhood lockdown
Leicester has joined a handful of European cities to be positioned on the Belgian authorities’s “red-zone” checklist.
It means anybody arriving within the nation who has just lately visited Leicester might be advised to put themselves in a two-week obligatory quarantine.
It’s the solely UK metropolis to be included in Belgium’s checklist. The opposite cities are in Portugal or Spain.
Leicester was the location of England’s first native lockdown on 29 June following a spike in coronavirus instances.
Indicators are anticipated to be erected round Brussels Airport on Saturday telling passengers to tell the authorities if they’ve been within the metropolis earlier than arriving.
Earlier this week, the federal government introduced the variety of coronavirus instances within the metropolis was taking place.
Well being Secretary Matt Hancock advised the Commons on Tuesday the seven-day an infection fee had dropped from 135 to 117 instances per 100,000 folks.
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