The decision follows a surge in cases of coronavirus more than 800 in the past two weeks. A series of strict measures includeing the closure of schools and non essential shops will be introduced to try and contain an outbreak. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Leicester city centre tonight. Pubs and restaurants which have been closed since lockdown in march all set to reopen on saturday along with others in england, but theyve now been told they cant. Its very disappointing. At the end of the day, weve been gearing up to reopening for this period. I mean, it was announced a couple of weeks ago, so whether its our colleagues, our suppliers, weve all been getting together, working out plans, working with health and safety about what were going to be doing, training staff, everything. And its just really disappointing. As well as an extension of existing restrictions, non essential shops will have to close from tomorrow and local schools on thursday, and theres advice to avoid non essent