Coronavirus: Leicester lockdown 'risks creating uncertainty and disorder', scientists warn

The lockdown in Leicester was imposed too late and 'risks creating uncertainty, dissent and even disorder', a group of scientists has warned. Independent SAGE - a rival group that is separate to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies which advises Downing Street - described the local lockdown as a 'foreseeable crisis of the government's own making'. It said the situation in Leicester was 'both predictable and avoidable' and that it expected to see 'spikes' of infection in other towns and cities. The group said the Leicester coronavirus outbreak was a consequence of 'the premature lifting of lockdown restrictions at a time when the virus is still circulating widely in some areas' and the lack of a functioning test, trace and isolate system in place.