The Leicester lockdown

Published: July 2, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

In Germany fences have gone up to keep people in their homes and stop the spread of Coronavirus, while some people in Melbourne are being threatened with fines or imprisonment for travelling to other states. Could that happen in the UK?

The new lockdown in Leicester is likely to be the first of many, so how should local lockdowns work and when should they be introduced? David Aaronovitch asks the experts:

Amy Orton \u2013 local democracy reporter at the Leicester Mercury/ Leicestershire Online \nDr Nathalie MacDermott \u2013 Kings College London\nDamien McGuinness \u2013 the BBC\u2019s Berlin correspondent\nAlex Thomas \u2013 Programme director, The Institute for Government \nGreg Fell - The Association of Directors of Public Health/ Sheffield City Council Director of Public Health\nDr Jilly Gibson-Miller \u2013 health psychologist at the University of Sheffield

Producers: Kirsteen Knight, Beth Sagar-Fenton, Joe Kent\nEditor: Jasper Corbett.