Local lockdowns will be a much greater test — all eyes on Leicester
almost 4 years in Standard
As Londoners consider the wretched fortune of Leicester , singled out by ministerial decree for return to lockdown, we should reflect: there but for the grace of Covid go we. Before the decision to impose a nationwide lockdown, announced by Boris Johnson on March 23, the Government had reviewed specific plans to single out and close down London itself — at that stage, the raging hot spot of coronavirus infection — with perimeter guards patrolling the capital city's borders. Swiftly and correctly, the idea was ditched. But it was considered.
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