TIMELINE
Prime Minister Boris Johnson started lockdown on the evening of 23rd of March 2020
On the 5th April he was admitted to hospital after 10 days self isolating with the Corona Virus
On the 6th April he is in intensive care with deteriorating symptoms
The Queen addressed the nation at 8pm on 5th April
Excel now known as NHS Nightingale and will be a hospital for up to 4,000 patients, most of whom are on ventilators. Similar venues being used in cities across the country. Opened by Prince Charles at 11am on 3rd April🏥
Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immunocompromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community
Petrol price close to home was £1.02
Schools closed on Friday 20 March. Remote learning in place - home-schooling!
Self-distancing measures required
Tape on the floors at supermarkets and others to help distance shoppers (2 mtrs) from each other
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, queues outside the store doors
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed People who can work from home
Parks trails, entire cities closed or restricted to locals only in their bubble
Entire sports seasons cancelled
Olympics postponed to 2021.🔵🟡⚫🟢🔴
Concerts, tours, festivals and entertainment events cancelled
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings, even funerals cancelled
No masses, churches are closed
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more. Now, Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home bubble
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and all other TV networks are on in every home daily now
Children's outdoor play parks are closed
We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill in many parts of the world
Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA, Italy, Spain, China and more
Panic buying sets in and we have limits on toilet paper, disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods, hand sanitizer. Flour is hard to get because the packaging comes from China and borders are closed
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE
Fines are established for breaking lockdown rules
Stadiums and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients
Public Park areas turned into caravan parks for stranded tourists to self isolate
Press conferences daily from the PM and other government officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths. Government incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads
People wearing masks and gloves outside
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families
82,195 deaths globally so far
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.
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Well - this is something I never expected to be living through - a global pandemic!
So much has happened since it started. - I am no longer going to work - in fact I have been furloughed. Who even knew what that word meant 3 months ago?
I am still part of the New Vic staff - but am being paid 80% of my wages paid by the government - and 20% by the theatre which means I cannot do any work at all for the theatre. Taz has also been furloughed - as neither of us has ever been given a work email or a login for our work systems. Lyndsay, Mandy and Lou are working from home. Mainly ringing customers to tell them that the shows they have booked tickets for - are no longer going ahead.
The theatre is completely closed and no-one knows when it can open again.
Laura is also furloughed from her job at Advantis Credit - after initially being told they had to carry on working in an open=plan office with hundreds of others - or the business wouldn't survive. They were told by bosses and HR via the internet as they were working from home! After that meeting - where many of the staff were distressed and worried they received an email telling them to stay at home.Thank goodness!
After self-isolating at home to make sure she had no symptoms L moved in with me and Nathan at the beginning of April. I couldn't bear the thought of her being in her flat all alone for weeks on end. It gave us a good opportunity to clear out the back spare room and turn it into a bedroom for her. Unfortunately all the council tips closed soon after - so our shed is full of rubbish currently!Got a nice new bedroom though!
Laura is also furloughed from her job at Advantis Credit - after initially being told they had to carry on working in an open=plan office with hundreds of others - or the business wouldn't survive. They were told by bosses and HR via the internet as they were working from home! After that meeting - where many of the staff were distressed and worried they received an email telling them to stay at home.Thank goodness!
After self-isolating at home to make sure she had no symptoms L moved in with me and Nathan at the beginning of April. I couldn't bear the thought of her being in her flat all alone for weeks on end. It gave us a good opportunity to clear out the back spare room and turn it into a bedroom for her. Unfortunately all the council tips closed soon after - so our shed is full of rubbish currently!Got a nice new bedroom though!
