Tough local lockdowns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be thrown in place from Thursday, The Sun can reveal. Boris Johnson plans to announce the government’s crucial new ‘track and trace’ programme to stamp out new coronavirus contagion trails tomorrow. He will say it will go live either on Thursday or Friday, when an army of 25,000 contact tracers will begin work hunting down new cases. Parts of towns could face lockdown if there are regional flare-ups and schools, businesses or workplaces may be closed. Housing Minister Robert Jenrick explained: “If the system works as we hope, it will be on quite a micro level as you say. “It will be trying to judge if there flare ups in particular places. “Whether that’s parts of towns, schools, hospitals, workplaces.” Read more Tough new rules to lock down parts of towns to rapidly isolate new coronavirus sufferers could be brought in TOMORROW https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11715462/britain-tough-local-lockdowns-thursday/ From Brexit breaking news to HD movie trailers, The Sun newspaper brings you the latest news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world. Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk Like The Sun on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesun/ Follow The Sun on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSun Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/The_Sun/1633225139 #LocalLockdownUK #coronavirus #COVID19 #trackandtrace

Engineers at Rome’s Fiumicino airport are testing a new ‘smart helmet’ which allows passengers’ temperatures to be scanned while they’re moving. It’s part of a series of safety measures to protect people from Covid-19 when flights become more frequent. The new high-tech ‘smart helmet’ visor has thermo-scan sensors which provide information about the temperature of passengers within a seven metre radius. Security officers can wear the devices to scan people as they enter the airport or wait in line. An infrared image of a passenger and their temperature reading appears inside the visor on the right. This allows normal view through the left eye. Simonluca Tiberia, who’s in charge of testing and deploying smart-helmet technology, said Fiumicino – officially known as Leonardo da Vinci International Airport – would be the first airport in Italy and Europe to use it. Authorities hope the high-tech temperature scans and other health measures will convince people that it’s safe to fly again, once restrictions on travel are lifted. Fiumicino currently has a small number of flights from Rome to other parts of Italy and to destinations in a number of European countries. But authorities hope there’ll be a significant increase in flights from next month. Read the latest coronavirus news here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-uk-lockdown-government-work-rules-deaths-cases/?WT.mc_id=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo&utm_source=tmgoff&utm_medium=tmg_youtube&utm_content=offsite_televideo&utm_campaign=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.