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Two local UK coronavirus outbreaks flare up as race on to contain spread

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Covid-19 cases worryingly spike following the easing of lockdown, the Government has confirmed. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the Test and Trace system had meant local outbreaks were spotted quickly and mobile testing units dispatched to try and track infected people.Speaking at the daily briefing, Mr Hancock said the manual tracing system had helped control local outbreaks in "parts of Leicester" and Kirklees in West Yorkshire.He said: "There are these local outbreaks, we've seen them all the way through."And we now have the system in place to be able to spot them the best we can and then take that local action."It is natural that as the lockdown lifts slightly, we've always said that the next move is for more localised action in.

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