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Britain locks down city of Leicester after Covid-19 flare-up

Signs are seen near a mobile army testing unit at Spinney Hill Park, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Leicester, Britain, June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine/File Photo

Britain has imposed a stringent lockdown on the English city of Leicester following a local flare-up of the novel coronavirus just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempts to nudge the United Kingdom back to normality.

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