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Under the new lockdown measures, non-essential shops will close in Leicester while schools will close to most pupils from Thursday.

Move comes as big tech firms face mounting pressure to take a tougher stance on hate speech.

The virus can grow and multiply in the cells that line the human airways.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “If any country is saying contact tracing is difficult it is a lame excuse.”

On all three measures of the G7 nations - recorded Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people, excess deaths per 100,000 people, and excess deaths as a proportion of the usual level of deaths - the UK has been the hardest hit.

Four prisoners affected by the ruling are scheduled to be put to death in July and August.

It comes after six people including a police constable were injured in a knife attack at the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street on Friday.

General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in January while visiting Iraq.

The video clip shows man and woman pointing weapons at people staging protest against US city’s mayor.