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Coronavirus - update

Source - The Times""Coronavirus cases are rising in towns in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, with council chiefs insisting they are “working hard” to avoid more local lockdowns.Public Health England warned this afternoon that cases were rising in Yorkshire and levels were also high in Greater Manchester"I hope this wont be a pattern across the UK 🤞

Loraine Pemberton ● 2314d17 Comments

First update for 2 weeks at 5pm on bbc1- Williamson taking it so I will stay away!!

Helen Bamberger ● 2314d

From this evenings Standard.Fifteen London boroughs have registered an increase in coronavirus cases in the last week, it was revealed this afternoon.The new figures from Public Health England show the infection rate more than doubling in Hammersmith and Fulham and rising in Hounslow, placing both west London boroughs above the national average.Cases also increased in neighbouring Ealing, taking it to a rate equal to the national average – 6.7 cases per 100,000 population.

Jan Porter ● 2314d

And it will get worse with the pubs opening on Saturday.

Stewart Jones ● 2314d

Yes not only a full moon on Saturday but the American Independence Day- and a Saturday also- the police are really worried and so I am.  It is known that full moon nights the police have many more incidents-  why on earth did the gov. think this is the best day to open pubs?😱

Helen Bamberger ● 2314d

Wonder why?  Mass gatherings maybe?In the meantime, listening to Gavin Williamson droning on - I'm sure he's a very nice man but once someone mentioned to me that he reminded them of Frank Spencer I can't get the comparison out of my head

Claire Moran ● 2314d

Actually he reminds me, when I was young, as  a vicar who used to talk to the ceiling- droning on an on with no real contact with the children!  Patronising and boring- as you say he may ‘be a very nice man but not good at engaging.

Helen Bamberger ● 2314d

I've just come back from a walk and four buses passed me with passengers. Not one of them had every passenger wearing a mask and some of those that had masks were just dangling them casually in the vicinity of nose and mouth. I really feel for the drivers.And, as much as I love it, the busy flower and plant stall at the junction of CHR & Bond Street makes any hope of social distancing impossible. Is there a way of finding making a viable space for the stall that keeps some pavement space free ?

Tessa Russell ● 2314d

StewartPleased you brought up pub openings, and I'm fairly certain I'll get some flak for saying this, but for the health and safety of everyone this should be delayed.

Loraine Pemberton ● 2314d

Read Auntie Susan's tips..Stay indoors, keep knickers clean, drink gin..

Stuart Kerr ● 2314d

I missed the staying indoors bit.......

Tessa Russell ● 2314d

Despite the figures for covid deaths being highly inflated, only 297 people below the age of 60 are registered as having died in England from covid who weren’t known to have pre-existing health conditions; and registered deaths in the Uk from all causes were below the (last) 5 year national average last week; but the sheeple carry on behaving as if the Black Death has returned, enabling the greatest fraud in history to persist, seeing businesses continually being destroyed, stolen freedoms not being returned, and futures looking bleak for many as the 'new normal' takes shape, as planned, and even disclosed by the government very early on..

Michael Brown ● 2314d

And the overall death rate was inflated in several countries by the disastrous policy of discharging hospital patients into care homes based on the flawed epidemiological modelling of Neil (Prof Pantsdown) Ferguson at Imperial College.So we are left with a death rate of the same order of magnitude as a bad influenza season. 

Andy Riley ● 2314d

And I was hoping to keep the gin bit quiet.

Susan Kelly ● 2314d

I totally agree Loraine. And opening on a Saturday is inviting more trouble.

Stewart Jones ● 2314d

Some pubs in the north are remaining closed as the owners are worried about violence. I wonder if it is a similar situation in London.

Nicholas Beard ● 2314d

Here we go. Wear masks folks.  Stay safe.

Sean Wales ● 2314d

"A second wave of coronavirus infections in the UK is "quite a possibility", according to England's deputy chief medical officer".The PM said "...they still believe there is no risk of a second wave". The 2 metre social distancing rule will be changed from July 4th to 1 metre, but where possible, keep 2 metres apart, but will be reduced to 1 metre plus where not possible. 2 households can meet indoors or outside, but no more than 2 households can meet - except outdoors like in parks - these do not have to be the same 2 households, children can meet 1 set of grandparents one week, and the other set the following week". Pay attention at the back, and don't forget your tape measures.

Brian Coyle ● 2313d