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

They've shut down non-essential stores but the same rules apply to everything outside of retail: work from home unless unless you can't. There will still be millions of people going to work.

That's not how I understood it. I think it will be clarified as what is essential and absolutely necessary won't just be because you can't work from home.
 
Genuinely thought this was you taking the piss. Then saw it on Twitter.

What a piece of shit. He should be prosecuted for manslaughter.

Surely it’s not up to owners of business to “declare” whether their businesses are essential or not?
 
Question.

I have a surgical mask that was given to me at the hospital on Friday.

It's in my coat pocket but am I allowed to re-use it ? In terms of can you only use them once, or they might have germs on them therefore it should be in the bin.

Thanks.
 
Surely it’s not up to owners of business to “declare” whether their businesses are essential or not?

It won't be. I think it will all be clarified in coming day or so. It's ambiguous at the moment as the legislation has not fully passed and been enacted.
 
Have the government given any guidance on the subject?

Not sure, but they really need to, going by how confused everyone is.

They should come out and legally define what “essential work” is instead of pussyfooting around the subject. It’s really a bit weird why they don’t just clarify it.
 
Spain has 539 deaths today. It is the new Italy.

France also having a lot in critical care. Looks to be the new Spain.
 
Question.

I have a surgical mask that was given to me at the hospital on Friday.

It's in my coat pocket but am I allowed to re-use it ? In terms of can you only use them once, or they might have germs on them therefore it should be in the bin.

Thanks.

Throw it away, you have no clue what you've been given at hospital in terms of airborne virus'. I would also wash your coat to be on the safe side.
 
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.