Claim: Leicester is going back into lockdown soon after 5G was rolled out there.
Fact-check: Leicester going back into lockdown has nothing to do with 5G - Full Fact
Verdict: 5g coverage was available in leicester by november 2019, months before covid-19 was detected in the uk. 5g is not linked to cases of covid-19. leicester had some lockdown restrictions re-imposed because the number of cases there was increasing.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2020-07-07T00:00:00