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'Traffic light' coronavirus system to signal when areas are heading for local lockdowns

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A “traffic light” system to trigger local coronavirus lockdowns will be launched, with alerts sent to mobile phones. A planned three-tiered regime will split the country into different areas based on local infection rates, deciding how tough restrictions should be.

The system will work alongside the new NHS Test and Trace app, which will include users scanning a QR code to enter and exit pubs, restaurants and bars, it was said.

It comes amid mounting fears London could be next for a local lockdown if social distancing measures announced this week fail to curb the Covid-19  spread in the capital.

Kevin Fenton, director of Public Health England in London, warned Mayor Sadiq Khan and the leaders of all 32 London boroughs there was a "rising

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