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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Still Alert in Week Nine of Lockdown
Hot weather and permission to travel an unlimited distance for a day out results in a sudden huge surge in the number of visitors to beaches and beauty spots all over England. Although Scotland and Wales are still under strict lockdown this does not stop people attempting to cross the borders. …
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Staying Alert in Week Eight of Lockdown
The Coronavirus and related COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage around the world. But there are signs that some countries are now able to relax some of the restrictions imposed on their populations. China, where the virus originated, is already allowing executives from some foreign companies to…
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Full Lockdown Ends in Week Seven
The Coronavirus and related COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage around the world. But there are signs that some countries are now able to relax some of the restrictions imposed on their populations. China, where the virus originated, is already allowing executives from some foreign companies to…
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: The UK Slides into Week Six of Lockdown
At the start of Week 6 of the lockdown made necessary by the Coronavirus pandemic the stay at home restrictions remain in force. The wonderful weather in Dorset enhances my early morning walks and bike rides. However, it also acts as an incentive for many to break the rules and the police have…
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: An Uneasy Fifth Week of Lockdown
The British Government has faced a lot of criticism regarding its slow response t the spread of the Coronavirus and COVID19. Now, after four weeks of lockdown and no end in sight, many people feel it has gone too far. There is a sense of rebellion as rules are being broken and social distancing…
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Lockdown Enters Week Four
The UK has now been in lockdown for three weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was reviewed at the end of the third week and the decision was made that the restrictions would remain in place. So we still have to stay at home and can only go out to work, shop or to take one form of exercise.
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: A Third Solitary Week in Lockdown
As the UK is entering the third week of lockdown the number of confirmed cases and deaths from coronavirus and COVID19 continues to rise and it is expected the end of this week will see the biggest increase yet. The situation regarding lockdown will also be reviewed then but it does not seem the…
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Locked Down in Dorset
It is the second week of lockdown in the UK. Home alone I am sticking to the rules but many people are not as they are failing to understand the seriousness of the situation. This week sees the first death of a child from the virus and even our own Prime Minister becomes ill. As the number of…
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Self-Isolation Merges into Lockdown
On Monday 23 March 2020 restrictions were introduced that effectively put the UK into lockdown. By then I had been in self-isolation for eleven days and was looking forward to returning to a normal life. But that was not going to happen as the world around me started closing down and closing in.
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Life in a Coronavirus Pandemic: Days 8 - 12 in Self-Isolation
As I came to the end of my first week of my self-isolation following a sudden curtailment of a trip to Northern Italy I was looking forward to getting the second week over and life becoming normal again. I had decided I would spend some more time in Dorset and volunteered to do some shifts on…
