Coronavirus outbreak

[marinyork]

Friends are away out to Venice tomorrow. Apparently it's deserted.

I would heavily advise them to to check travel advice tonight. Massive chunks of Italy are being shut off from each other tonight. It appears Venezia is on the list of 11 provinces shut outside of Lombardia.

 

[johnnyb47]

I was thinking of going out for a beer tonight but I'm a little reluctant to be honest. It will be packed out and feel it's a perfect place to catch this virus (if it were to be doing the rounds were i live)
I think I'll give it a miss and save my money and go out cycling tomorrow

 

[Mike_P]

Shopping is bad enough, one person openly coughing in WHS yesterday and three in Sainsbury's today showering everything and everyone near them.

 

[Julia9054]

Just played a concert in York with the youth band I work with. They usually bake and sell cakes in the interval to raise money for the band. We were advised by York Council not to - risk of contracting corona virus from home made cakes apparently.
In other news, i have a cold.

 

[midlife]

So that's 3 work colleagues I have been working closely with this week that have been on holiday to Northern Italy in the last couple of weeks. So far no symptoms in any of them........

 

[Jimidh]

We have one of the confirmed Coronavirus patients in Scotland living less than 100m from our house. Caught it in holiday in Thailand.

Bricking it - not!

 

[Slick]

We have one of the confirmed Coronavirus patients in Scotland living less than 100m from our house. Caught it in holiday in Thailand.

Bricking it - not!

Chill out, they are still very unlikely to have passed anything onto you unless you are in very close contact with them. Family and work mates are the real danger, and tadgers in general who won't wash their hands. I hope that your neighbor's recover quickly.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I would heavily advise them to to check travel advice tonight. Massive chunks of Italy are being shut off from each other tonight. It appears Venezia is on the list of 11 provinces shut outside of Lombardia.

Just got a text - "cancelled"

 

[Dave7]

Off to the football today where the players have been told not to shake hands.

I'll be sitting in close confines with 4000 or so people for two hours, chatting, eating, laughing, singing.....*






*actually, it's Falkirk. We'll all be sitting with our hands covering our eyes muttering "FFS Doyle" for 2 hours

I watched the Lpool v Bournmouth and saw at least one player 'snot' onto the pitch. I think I would rather risk a handshake than slide into his snot.

 

[Dave7]

First confirmed case in Sunderland.

Is it possible to panic buy chips with batter on?

I believe Scotland is running short of battered Mars bars

 

[Slick]

I believe Scotland is running short of battered Mars bars

Those reports have been greatly exaggerated, but we do try and encourage the tourists to try a snickers.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Lockdown Italia....

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-reaches-washington-dc?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

[Dave7]

I have it worked out, drink half a litre of Absolute and u stop worrying.

Meths is cheaper and will also stop you worrying............maybe for ever

 

[Dave7]

Quick arithmetic suggests Lombardia being shut off totally from the rest of Italy and provinces in Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Piemonte and Marche is a quarter of the Italian population has been shut off totally from the other three quarters.

What puzzles me is that the FO have still not declared it a no go area. So anyone with a holiday booked in that area can just kiss goodbye to X£1000s.

 

[Stephenite]

So that's 3 work colleagues I have been working closely with this week that have been on holiday to Northern Italy in the last couple of weeks. So far no symptoms in any of them........

Official advice here is to self-quarantine for two weeks from the time of returning if you've been to northern Italy. Whether you have symptoms or not. Just saying...