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Is Birmingham heading for lockdown? All you need to know on what’s happening and what you can do – Birmingham Live
Cases of coronavirus have been going up in Birmingham all month – and that has set off early warning sirens. Are we right to be worried?

An updated national NHS ‘watch list’ will be published on Thursday morning, listing the parts of the country where coronavirus infection rates are giving the most cause for concern.
For the first time since lockdown restrictions began to ease, Birmingham is expected to be on it.
The city has leapfrogged neighbouring Sandwell, itself troubled by a series of workplace-linked outbreaks, to claim its place on this abject ‘top 20’.
It’s a worrying position to be in – but what does it mean? Is a lo…
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