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5pm daily bulletin
Cafes/restaurants , clubs, gyms & theatres to shut from tonight
government will pay (up to 80% of) peoples wages via grant- back dated to March 1st, HMRC will be handling 'claims'
Other measures introduced to provide aid for businesses, self employed, zero hours contract workers etc
Cafes/restaurants , clubs, gyms & theatres to shut from tonight
government will pay (up to 80% of) peoples wages via grant- back dated to March 1st, HMRC will be handling 'claims'
Other measures introduced to provide aid for businesses, self employed, zero hours contract workers etc
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add pubs, cinemas and leisure centres to the shut/lock down list
plan is to review shutdowns 'on a monthly basis'
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bbc report on todays measures ...
UK pubs and restaurants told to shut in virus fight
Theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres must also close as soon as they reasonably can, the PM says.
www.bbc.co.uk
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and as the PM is making the announcement the pubs are filling in some places and people going outside to call their mates telling them they better hurry and get there as the pubs are closing...You really couldn't make it up
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more BBC info from todays announcements, specifically on the financial packages from the Chancellor...
Coronavirus: Government to pay up to 80% of workers' wages
The chancellor says employees who cannot work will receive 80% of their salary, up to £2,500 a month.
www.bbc.co.uk
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It's the timescales being put on the measures that is depressing. With the prospect of 12 months of social distancing can anyone really see football resuming this year?
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Unfortunately I'd expect nothing else. And I expect there will be a run on alcohol at the supermarkets over the weekend.
The last few weeks has shown up what a selfish blinkered society we have become.
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Agree to an extent, but there is also a big wave of volunteering and neighbourhood organising to support vulnerable people going on.
The better side of social media is coming out with new community Facebook groups and practical examples of support.
I take on board that I might be completely wrong, there certainly are some scary figures coming out from Italy and the states. However there are some encouraging signs from south korea taiwan and japan. My other concern is that everybody is castigating people going to the pub for literally last orders and obviously one doesnt have to go, but one does have to go to the supermarkets and they feel to me more unsafe what with picking up a basket or a trolley and having no hand washing .At least in the pub I only have to pick up a glass thats just come out of a dishwasher and I dont have to touch any more surfaces and I can wash my hands endlessly ah well.........
Testing is the only answer I wish they could get on a bit quicker. Just tried to get online shopping no chance
I could be wrong as well - but I believe Japan closed schools and banned social gatherings when they had only about 160 cases - whereas Italy didn't do it until they had more than 5000.
Japan acted quickly and the spread of the disease there is linear rather than exponential. Italy acted late and are facing a massive national disaster.
I'm sure I don't have to point out which route the US and UK took......
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