There are news headlines that London is likely to go into lockdown in a matter of days.
I agree this thread is big enough and serious enough without cluttering it up with pages of stupidity. I hope the mods will delete those messages.
The cases in Australia jumped 24% overnight.
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says the state will introduce the “toughest border measures in the country” to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
From midnight on Friday, all “non-essential” travellers into the state will have to go into 14 days’ quarantine, he said.
The Reserve Bank is expected to cut interest rates today to 0.25% the lowest ever.
Australian dollar now lowest since 2002, currently US55c, a couple weeks ago it was 69c
Bruce
Interesting Vid thank you.
looks like your cases are climbing like ares are in the UK.
We are up to over 2K with 72 deaths.
Stay safe.
Its not a joke any more.
Hi
That is not my information on transmission.
If what you say is true, why all the advice about washing your hands frequently.
Entry to Australia by non residents will be banned from tomorrow, all visas are cancelled, that means you damn foreigners won’t be able to give Covid19 to our brave Aussie battlers. 
Anyway back to the Statistics:
Australia
Cases 636
Deaths 6
Recovered 43
Critical 1
Cases per Million 25
U.K.
Cases 2626
Deaths 104
Recovered 65
Critical 20
Cases per Million 39
USA
Cases 9464
Deaths 155
Recovered 108
Critical 64
Cases per Million 29
Global Cases 219338
Global Deaths 8969
Mortality Rate 4.1%
(Flu Mortality Rate 0.1%)
It’s reported that Italy had over 400 deaths yesterday…that’s in one day. If we are following their trend that is very serious
I’m amazed some people are still unconvinced of the seriousness…on St Patrick’s day in Headingley the University area of Leeds…the pubs were packed. I suppose students think they are immortal
I think they are assuming most people will have some contact with others and maybe touching the same things within a short time frame (such as bus poles, office equipment) or in their home if they’ve been out at work then come back home to a family who have also been out at work/school.
If you live alone though and no-one else has been in your house since xmas for example and you live so remotely/rurally you don’t see anyone else when you walk the dog early how are you going to catch it? (providing you are also remaining socially isolated from close contact with other people, so no going to GP surgery, village shops, deliveries left outside etc)
I assume this is why they’re telling elderly and vulnerable to self isolate in the first place as younger fitter people who are catching it can potentially show no symptoms until they’ve been going to work etc for days and are becoming ‘super spreaders’.
I still think the govt know more than they are letting on though. Last week they were suspecting maybe between 5,000-10,000 people may unknowingly have it (who hadn’t been tested). suddenly 2 days after they last announced it at 10,000 it was possibly 55,000 people possibly wandering round the country with it!!
Susan they have said that the models are only as good as the assumptions underpinning them. They are getting more information all the time so they are updating information. The biggest problem with this is that so much is not known. They have not yet issued official information on how long it survives on surfaces. At the start this was hours, now we are being told to assume 72 hours and to wash food packaging in soap and water. The advice changes every day. We in the UK are developing testing kits which will be able to tell whether people have been previously infected and are since immune. Boris said they are expediting getting this out. The news reports have said the tests will initially be prioritised for front line NHS staff.
I’ve been awake all night feeling very rough. No I don’t have it!
I have got a tummy bug!
I will miss the special shopping time!
I’ll have to get daughter to get some loo rolls! She’ll hopefully take Dolly out with her dogs at some point. (she’s a dog walker)
I’d better keep well away from the boiler man! Lock meself in the loo! :shock:
Hope you are feeling better today .Tessa.
I too thought the virus only existed a few hours outside the body now this 72 hours thing is a whole new scenario .
Hi
This information has been around for some time, hence the need to frequently was hands.
It can exist on hard surfaces for much longer than absorbent surfaces.
It is droplet spread, but any surface with droplets on it is contaminated.
It’s been around at the start but official guidance has changed several times.
The fact is they really don’t know .
I don’t think this behaves in a consistent way from the information they are conveying. Seems a bit random. So some have found it dies in hours with no host others days. Apparently more men have been infected. But it could all be coincidental. These are not controlled studies but stats.
London is named as a disaster spot the virus is rampant.
Tube stations are being shut.
Bus are being cut back.
Death toll is 102.
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Good news is my daughter has to work from home she does not have to use the Tube.
Thanks Mups. I will wait for any ‘cure’ to be announced by the government, on TV.
And in the meantime?