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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Hobbit said:
Last night it was announced that there would be a 4 phase un-lockdown with trigger points every 2 weeks. The phase start points would be different in each region, depending on level of Covid experienced in each region. Each phase could be extended beyond its nominal 2 week period, or even stepped back to the previous phase dependent on outcomes in each phase.

Various activities will also have a number of restrictions, each being removed at various phases. Bars and restaurants can open at the end of the month, but only their outside terraces and only to 50%. Interiors of those establishments can open 2 weeks later but only to 50%.

Non-contact sports, e.g. cycling, golf can open on the 11th but only to a max of 50% capacity. Football can open 2 weeks later but behind closed door. Spectators allowed 2 weeks later but only to a max of 500 spectators.

Hotels and holiday accommodation open up in June but not the communal areas in those establishments, e.g. pools/restaurants.

There's pages of it with tons more detail but no doubt you get the gist.
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I wonder if 2 weeks is long enough to detect a change in infections.
 
Hobbit said:
Last night it was announced that there would be a 4 phase un-lockdown with trigger points every 2 weeks. The phase start points would be different in each region, depending on level of Covid experienced in each region. Each phase could be extended beyond its nominal 2 week period, or even stepped back to the previous phase dependent on outcomes in each phase.

Various activities will also have a number of restrictions, each being removed at various phases. Bars and restaurants can open at the end of the month, but only their outside terraces and only to 50%. Interiors of those establishments can open 2 weeks later but only to 50%.

Non-contact sports, e.g. cycling, golf can open on the 11th but only to a max of 50% capacity. Football can open 2 weeks later but behind closed door. Spectators allowed 2 weeks later but only to a max of 500 spectators.

Hotels and holiday accommodation open up in June but not the communal areas in those establishments, e.g. pools/restaurants.

There's pages of it with tons more detail but no doubt you get the gist.
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A couple of mates who have bars over there are telling me the Spanish government don’t want English or German tourists for months yet as they’re critical of our lack of lockdown.
 
Fish said:
So which is the correct app, as always, there’s a few out there, but surely something so important there should only be one official app.
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The symptom reporting ap is an app that is basically there for research and the more people who use it the better the research. It gives a pretty good indication of the spread of covid in the UK and has already produced some decent results. If you down load it and use it . It does not benefit you other than the knowledge potentially benefitting society. It is not a government app.

The NHS app is not yet out but will be designed to allow contact tracing so you can self isolate and get tested if you have had contact with someone with covid. The more people who download it the better it should work.

There is no reason not to use both and it would be helpful to use both however if you are only to use one the NHS app is the one to use.
 
Fish said:
So which is the correct app, as always, there’s a few out there, but surely something so important there should only be one official app.
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The one in post 6637 is the Australian app. At the moment it works only in Aussie, I believe. It is linked to their Covid monitoring setup.
You have a 'handle' ID, and your phone uses Bluetooth. If you get near to someone using the same app then a note is made in the app of those people.
Their phone handle, that is.
So, in a week you may have been close to say 100 people. If all had the app on their phone, then if you test positive for Covid, you can choose to upload the app to the covid monitors which will identify all those phones you were in the vicinity of. They then know to be able to advise those persons that they have been close to covid and may have been infected.
Only the Covid setup personnel know the people's identities.
 
Fish said:
A couple of mates who have bars over there are telling me the Spanish government don’t want English or German tourists for months yet as they’re critical of our lack of lockdown.
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I’d also read that on one of the news sites - either BBC or Sky.

The Spanish islands will, apparently, delay allowing British visitors beyond their planned re-opening to tourism, which I believe is currently due in August. I assume the same applies to the mainland.
 
Fish said:
A couple of mates who have bars over there are telling me the Spanish government don’t want English or German tourists for months yet as they’re critical of our lack of lockdown.
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Billysboots said:
I’d also read that on one of the news sites - either BBC or Sky.

The Spanish islands will, apparently, delay allowing British visitors beyond their planned re-opening to tourism, which I believe is currently due in August. I assume the same applies to the mainland.
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There was talk of it a week or so back but nothing concrete from official sources yet.
 
Hobbit said:
There was talk of it a week or so back but nothing concrete from official sources yet.
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I’m waiting with anticipation - we have three holidays planned this year - short breaks in mainland Spain and a family holiday in Majorca. I’m not confident at all that any of them are going to happen.

There are more important things than holidays, though.
 
Heard a Greek minister (Culture and Tourism?) this morning on Today tell us that Greece is planning to be open for holiday business this year. Didn't say when. Hmmm. We are supposed to be going to Greece 2nd week in June.

To be honest we are pretty uncertain about going - even if our BA flight is not cancelled. And when we got back would we have to go into two weeks quarantine?
 
I am not going anywhere until next April USA and that’s only if I feel safe.
just have to wait and see.
Might go golfing in Scotland if it’s not to late in the year.
 
How terribly, terribly sad! :cry::cry:

I've just seen a couple of FB posts my sister has shared, put out by the hospital in Middlesbrough and by Cleveland Police. Both looking for the relatives of people who have died of this...…………… disease.

Stay safe folks.
 
Taking Mrs Hogie to hospital tomorrow for a scan of a problem she has spotted - it might be OK - it might not. My wife knows too much. It is her clinical specialism. We have told our son of the scan. We will tell our daughter this evening.

Tomorrow, because of Covid-19, I will have to sit in our car in the car park as I won't be able to go into the hospital with my wife...so won't be with her when the consultant tells her what the scan shows. Hopefully all will be OK.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Taking Mrs Hogie to hospital tomorrow for a scan of a problem she has spotted - it might be OK - it might not. My wife knows too much. It is her clinical specialism. We have told our son of the scan. We will tell our daughter this evening.

Tomorrow, because of Covid-19, I will have to sit in our car in the car park as I won't be able to go into the hospital with my wife...so won't be with her when the consultant tells her what the scan shows. Hopefully all will be OK.
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Good luck Hugh, and all the best for Mrs Hogan
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Taking Mrs Hogie to hospital tomorrow for a scan of a problem she has spotted - it might be OK - it might not. My wife knows too much. It is her clinical specialism. We have told our son of the scan. We will tell our daughter this evening.

Tomorrow, because of Covid-19, I will have to sit in our car in the car park as I won't be able to go into the hospital with my wife...so won't be with her when the consultant tells her what the scan shows. Hopefully all will be OK.
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Best wishes to her ??
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Taking Mrs Hogie to hospital tomorrow for a scan of a problem she has spotted - it might be OK - it might not. My wife knows too much. It is her clinical specialism. We have told our son of the scan. We will tell our daughter this evening.

Tomorrow, because of Covid-19, I will have to sit in our car in the car park as I won't be able to go into the hospital with my wife...so won't be with her when the consultant tells her what the scan shows. Hopefully all will be OK.
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All the best to you & the mrs ??
 
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