British garment factories come under new scrutiny due to pandemic

The British city of Leicester has spent more than two months as the United Kingdom's most notorious coronavirus hot spot. Its problems originally sprang from a district that houses garment factories -- where some unscrupulous owners have been accused of operating sweatshops during the pandemic. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on an industry some critics call "modern slavery." PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders