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Leicester's local lockdown: a blog from the Vice-Chancellor
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Leicester is the first city in the UK to be placed under local lockdown – a fact that has brought global attention upon us during the coronavirus...
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Message from the Vice-Chancellor regarding lockdown
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As you know, last night Health Minister Matt Hancock announced a lockdown of Leicester following a rise in COVID-19 rates in the City.
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New statistics show number of children admitted into intensive care with COVID-19
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New figures released today by the Universities of Leeds and Leicester reveal the number of children in the UK who were in paediatric intensive...
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Leicester championed as UK’s top recruiter to RECOVERY trial
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The Leicester COVID-19 research team, made up of researchers and clinicians from the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ and Leicester’s Hospitals, were...
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Representing BAME individuals in Covid-19 research
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Researchers must ensure people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups are proportionately represented in Covid-19 studies, according to...
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First clinical review confirms BAME and COVID-19 link
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Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) individuals are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and adverse clinical outcomes, according to...
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University fires up UK higher education with 'ignite'
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The university that embraced distance learning in the UK more than 25 years ago has become one of the nation’s first to launch a fully flexible,...
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Digital life during the lockdown
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Virtual social apps are helping us make do as best we can in lonely, desperate times.
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Public transport use may lead to major COVID-19 outbreak
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A leading academic at the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ has warned of major COVID-19 outbreaks amongst passengers using public transport if precautions...
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New tool launched to reduce frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19
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A new tool to reduce the number of frontline NHS staff deaths from COVID-19 has been launched across the health service today.