U.K. Warns Covid-19 May Be Spreading as Birmingham Put on Alert
- Social-distancing rules tightened in Oldham, Blackburn, Pendle
- Government says virus may have returned to exponential growth
Covid-19 pandemic information in Birmingham, U.K.
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Boris Johnson’s scientific advisers warned the coronavirus pandemic may be growing again, as ministers put the U.K.’s second-largest city on alert and tightened rules in parts of northwest England.