Nottingham Covid surge: Government told to act

In October 2020 we provided analysis for a story on Nottingham having the highest Covid-19 infection rate in England.

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Interviews and quotes

Main article:

• Alison Challenger, director of public health, Nottingham
• Alex Norris, Labour MP for Nottingham North and shadow minister for public health

Analysis:

• David Mellen, leader, Nottingham City Council
• Nadia Whittome, Labour MP, Nottingham East
• Mark Spencer, Conservative MP, Sherwood and the government's chief whip
• Prof Jonathan Ball, virologist, University of Nottingham
• Annette Clay, who has run the High Street Flower Barrow in the city centre for 42 years
• Kathryn Embree, third-year student, the University of Nottingham
• Emma Yeah, 33
• Lee Anderson, Conservative MP, Ashfield
• Ben Bradley, Conservative MP, Mansfield
• Spokesperson, The Department of Health and Social Care

Visualisation

• Line chart: Coronavirus cases in Nottingham, April-October 2020
• Choropleth map: New cases in Nottingham areas between September 28 and October 8

Related repos

You can find all coronavirus-related stories by the BBC data units tagged 'coronavirus' here