Covid 19

Just so I NEVER forget..... April 4, 2020

The UK and much of the world is on lockdown.
All flights from UK to USA and beyond are suspended.
Diesel price at Morrison’s was £1.10 (£1.04 at Asda).
School cancelled 2 weeks ago.
Maria’ SATS cancelled. Maria's badminton tournaments and training cancelled, although she will maintain her first place in the rankings in England in Girl's singles and Girl's Mixed doubles U13.

GCSEs cancelled.
A-Levels cancelled.
EastEnders, Emmerdale and Coronation Street have suspended filming and number of episodes per week cut down so they last until early Summer.
Self-distancing measures on the rise. Mum self-isolating at home in Brasov, my aunt Mio self isolating in Bucharest.
Tape on the floors at food shops to help distance shoppers (2m) from each other.
Limited number of people inside food shops, therefore, lineups outside the doors.
Non-essential shops and businesses forced to close.
Pubs, theatres, restaurants, gyms and cinemas are closed.
Entire sports seasons are cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
Churches are closed. Graveyards are shut.
You're not allowed to socialise with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
Shortage of masks, gowns and gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies and no hand sanitiser.
Bread, pasta, flour, eggs, chicken and chopped tomatoes are sold out everywhere
Shelves are bare (but recently getting better, still no bread flour)
Many supermarkets are only allowing you to purchase a certain number of each product e.g. With Aldi it's 4 of each item, Sainsbury's it's 3 of each and Co-op it's 2 of some items.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitiser and PPE.
Will and I are working from home, no travel for work. Girls are doing home learning, but on Easter holiday now.
All non-essential travel banned.
Rainbows in lots of house windows 🌈
Fines are handed out for breaking the rules. Police are patrolling the streets.
Arenas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from the government (not including Boris Johnson though who has tested positive).
The government throws money at businesses to try to keep the economy from imploding. Grants and loans. The government to pay 80% of employees wages where businesses cannot continue to do so.
The whole of the UK are clapping outside their front doors (wooden spoons and saucepans here), out their windows and from their balconies at 8pm every Thursday to show their appreciation for the NHS and all frontline staff.
Daily updates on new cases and deaths.
So far, over 1 million confirmed cases and over 50,000 deaths 😢
The dead are denied wakes or funerals and barely anyone is allowed at the graveside.
Barely anyone on the roads (apart from boy racers who think a quiet road is an opportunity)
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential key workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.

We're only allowed out for work, if it's not possible to work from home, essential food shopping, as infrequently as possible, medical supplies and exercise such as a jog or walk once per day, locally. We have to keep a distance of 2 metres from people outside our own households. We are not to meet up with anyone outside our own household. We are not to be in gatherings of more than 2 people, unless it's with our own households.

This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.

One day when I go back to this, I will remember that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.

We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.
We're all in this together.