A Leicester businessman has opened up about the reality of the city going into lockdown.
Kwoklyn Wan appeared on This Morning today as he admitted that he was "devastated" over the news and that it was a "bitter pill" for businesses in the city to swallow.
The UK's first full-scale local lockdown will be imposed on Leicester from today with schools and non-essential shops forced to shut all over again.
People in the city have been told to stay in their homes and make only essential travel after cases spiralled in a new coronavirus outbreak.
Kwoklyn, who owns a Kung Fu centre and gym in the city, told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that they still didn't quite know the extent of the lockdown plans.
"We're devastated but it was bound to happen," he said. "It's a bitter pill, unfortunately.
"There have been a couple of maps that have been leaked... until we get addressed by government we're not sure what will happen."
He added: "We're just being drip-fed information at the moment."
Asked how his other friends with business in the city felt, he said: "They'll be devastated... I've got friends that have got pubs and they are getting ready."
Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, announced non-essential retail which opened on June 15 must shut from today in East Midlands city.
That means many businesses in Leicester must not open their doors this morning - despite the lockdown coming with just hours to spare.
And primary schools which opened to some pupils from June 1 must once again close to all but the most vulnerable, or children of key workers, from Thursday.
Pubs, restaurants, hotels, hairdressers and more in the city will not reopen as in the rest of England on July 4.
And shielding for vulnerable people will not be eased in Leicester when it is in the rest of England on July 6.
*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
