SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

Have the government given any guidance on the subject?
Only a small group of retailers will be allowed to stay open including:

  • Supermarkets
  • Pharmacies
  • Newsagents
  • Hardware stores
  • Banks
  • Pet shops
  • Post Offices
  • Petrol stations
  • Vets
  • Retail shops in hospitals
  • Laundrettes
  • Funeral homes
However, retailers will still be able to take online orders and deliver items to your home.
they might add more but it sure as feck won't be sports direct
 
I'm in the process of buying a new house was supposed to be getting the keys on Fri. Got fridge freezer, couch, internet etc. All ordered.

Have no idea what will happens with all that ...I cant pay a mortgage on a house I'm not in!

In fact theres a chain so the seller will be stuck in it and so on. Wish they'd allowed something like that to be completed. Isn't it contractual/legally binding given the missives are concluded. What a nightmare all round .
I'm quite sure the best person to discuss all this with is your solicitor who you are paying to conclude this convoluted legal process - not with a bunch of twats you've never ever met who exist (or don't exist) on a football fans forum. It's almost like you're one of those fake bot accounts who sucker people in with their fake queries/questions/dilemmas in life.
 
What to do.

Fly back with BA on next few weeks for £250 direct to london from Lima?

Or wait it out in Peru who have a curfew in place and locked down for last week or so but this country would be back in the stone age if 9 million people get hungry in a few months time.

I can see the benefit of staying here for now but I risk not being able to fly in a few months if things turn bad here.
 
'Mike Ashley has declared Sports Direct an ‘essential service’ so that he can keep his stores open.'

:rolleyes:

There were a couple of random stores that tried that here. I think it was 2 days before the government stepped in and forcibly shut them.
 
This announcement was a touch vague but I'd imagine it will be cleared up very soon. The legislation has partly passed through parliament today but needs to fully do so and be enacted. When that's done everything will be live and clarity will be given.

I'd say in next 24/48 hrs.
 
What to do.

Fly back with BA on next few weeks for £250 direct to london from Lima?

Or wait it out in Peru who have a curfew in place and locked down for last week or so but this country would be back in the stone age if 9 million people get hungry in a few months time.

I can see the benefit of staying here for now but I risk not being able to fly in a few months if things turn bad here.
I'd come back if it was me.
 
My advice is that you try to get rubber gloves, and if you already have them, take care of them.
After returning from the street you can wash them with disinfectant gel or alcohol to reuse
 
I think it's pretty clear :

"Travelling to and from work, but only where this absolutely cannot be done from home."

That basically means if your employer thinks you can't work from home (yet).
 


Hmm, maybe Ireland are closer to implementing similar measures than I thought.
 
What to do.

Fly back with BA on next few weeks for £250 direct to london from Lima?

Or wait it out in Peru who have a curfew in place and locked down for last week or so but this country would be back in the stone age if 9 million people get hungry in a few months time.

I can see the benefit of staying here for now but I risk not being able to fly in a few months if things turn bad here.

Get back. It's gonna get bad here but nowhere near as bad as it can get in many other places outside of Europe.
 
Yeah because at times like this .Where people are being confined to their homes ,there is nothing more essential than a pair of Nike's.
 
UK is still ahead of the curve. Lockdown at 6000 cases is 30% earlier than the worst hit countries.

I wouldn't worry too much about the details, here it took a few days for people to get used to the lockdown and for the government to clarify everything. It wont really take effect until about Thursday or Friday.
 


Hmm, maybe Ireland are closer to implementing similar measures than I thought.


You guys have a pretty easy template to follow. Just do what everyone is doing but 2 weeks earlier if you want to save as many people as possible.
 
UK is still ahead of the curve. Lockdown at 6000 cases is 30% earlier than the worst hit countries.

I wouldn't worry too much about the details, here it took a few days for people to get used to the lockdown and for the government to clarify everything. It wont really take effect until about Thursday or Friday.

Is it? I thought Italy started there lockdown at 7000 cases?
 
Anybody see Michelle O’Neill crying in Stormont, bit surreal to say the least..
 
What to do.

Fly back with BA on next few weeks for £250 direct to london from Lima?

Or wait it out in Peru who have a curfew in place and locked down for last week or so but this country would be back in the stone age if 9 million people get hungry in a few months time.

I can see the benefit of staying here for now but I risk not being able to fly in a few months if things turn bad here.

I would come back as quick as you can.

I personally wouldn't feel totally comfortable but I don't know your situation.
 
Nationwide shutdown was announced on the night we hit 10,000 cases.

Regional Lombardy lockdown was at 7000.

But aren't most of Italy's cases concentrated in Lombardy?

And surely following Italy's example is a dreadful, dreadful idea. Because they themselves are struggling to cope, and though the numbers are turning around the next weeks are still going to get worse for them? And from everything I've read, the NHS' capacity for critical care is less than Italy's?
 
I think it's pretty clear :

"Travelling to and from work, but only where this absolutely cannot be done from home."

That basically means if your employer thinks you can't work from home (yet).

It doesn't mean that. It means this "If the job you do absolutely cannot be done from home then you can travel to your workplace to do that job"

Its only difficult to understand if you want it to be i'nit
 
Ireland behind the UK on this one it seems.

Well, yes and no. We're later introducing "lockdown" but we're also in a rather different place to the UK in terms of our strategy in dealing with the virus. It's not exactly a like for like comparison.
 
Not serve in them but control how many people are allowed in (and potentially enforce any limits to stop panic buying) and ensuring the people outside observe social distancing
Easiest way to avoid bulk buying would be to add Levy tax if the third item of the same thing is scanned.
 
Well, yes and no. We're later introducing "lockdown" but we're also in a rather different place to the UK in terms of our strategy in dealing with the virus. It's not exactly a like for like comparison.
Why not do it now though? Save lives and all that..

That's been the criticism aimed at the government here.
 
Something we will never be able to quantify but so many people will die indirectly because of this chaos. This must be enormously stressful for people who have to pay off their mortgage but are left without income for what could easily extend to 8-10 months, we are all aware of the impact of stress on health. I just don’t see what’s viable exit strategy from these lockdowns. Cases will keep piling up and surely no government will lift restrictions with 100+ daily cases still present. I just don’t see how this ends.
 
It doesn't mean that. It means this "If the job you do absolutely cannot be done from home then you can travel to your workplace to do that job"

Its only difficult to understand if you want it to be i'nit

It will mean in coming days you'll only go to work if it's essential. I'm pretty certain about that. Doesn't matter if you can work from home or not.