Coronavirus Alerts

[_spirit]

I am sending my sincere thanks to every health worker around the 🌍 fighting the #coronavirus. We know that #COVID19 is putting a huge burden on you & your families.
You have our admiration & commitment to doing everything we can to keep you safe & enable you to do your job. pic.twitter.com/fY7ZqvLoxk

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 15, 2020

[_spirit]

Latest NHS advice:

If you have: a new continuous cough OR a high temperature

You should stay at home for seven days.

Read the full guidance now: https://t.co/hmhS6y5caq pic.twitter.com/v8oNM0UU2I

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) March 15, 2020

[-:Undertaker:-]

I'm usually a sceptical person but on a scale of 1 to 10 I am now on a 7/10.

This from French newspaper: Authorities will impose draconian limitations on movement from Wednesday this week, according to two reliable sources close to government. It will involve a prohibition on all movements outside the home except for one shopping trip each day.

— Andrew Neil (@afneil) March 16, 2020

The police and the army will be mobilised to enforce the rules and a curfew will be imposed from 18:00, the sources said. The lockdown will last a minimum of five weeks, according to the same sources

— Andrew Neil (@afneil) March 16, 2020

Just checked in to my flights tomorrow. Seats nearest exits so I can bail through airport to next flight.

Jerez > Madrid > London > Manchester.

[Lanyon]

(chess) Doeberl Cup and Sydney International Open canceled in Australia

[sexpot]

https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/fir...fied-greenland

my question is.. who df brought it there?

[GoldenMerc]

drove to the hypermarket about 30 mins away yesterday, spain is acting as normal, which is a shame and shows in the results (we're hitting about 2000 new cases a day) even on lockdown.


pretty much at the point, it's not if, it's when we get the virus now. Which sucks.

[scottish]

drove to the hypermarket about 30 mins away yesterday, spain is acting as normal, which is a shame and shows in the results (we're hitting about 2000 new cases a day) even on lockdown.


pretty much at the point, it's not if, it's when we get the virus now. Which sucks.

should of gone to Dubai..

[FlyingJesus]

Announcing that there will be lockdowns just forces people to panic and flee the worst areas, bringing the virus to whereas they end up going. That's what happened in Italy with people breaking out of the danger zones because it was leaked that they were about to be shut in, and it's not helpful to anyone

[Triz]

All UK schools to be closed after Friday until further notice

[scottish]

partially

vulnerable children + children of critical staff are still to go to school afaik (i.e. NHS workers children, etc).