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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 99 Snowdrops
This week Prime Minister, Boris Johnson causes concern amongst the scientists regarding his announcement that those testing positive for COVID-19 will no longer be under a legal obligation to self-isolate from the end of February. A move that could prove to be very dangerous. But Johnson continues…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 98 Fun in the Snow
This week Boris Johnson declares his intention to end all COVID related restrictions in England but Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are not being so hasty. Is the Prime Minister’s decision based on data or a desire to regain popularity in the wake of the redacted Sue Gray’s report on parties…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 97 Switzerland
Good news this week regarding international travel as fit to fly tests and the 2-day test for arrivals in the UK are to be abolished for the double jabbed. Apart from these announcements the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 take a back seat to the continuing debate around Partygate and the Prime…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 96 Time to Make a Move?
In reality the British Prime Minister should be concentrating on measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and his plans to scrap Plan B restrictions. His aim is to move England from pandemic status to endemic despite the continuing large numbers of new COVID-19 cases. But, with so many people…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 95 Italian Dolomites
In March 2020 Italy suffered a huge surge of COVID-19 cases at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. I was there when the country closed all its borders and was lucky to get back to the UK. It is nearly two years later, January 2022, and we can once again ski in the Italian Dolomites, subject to…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 94 Italy Beckons
Is there light at the end of the dark tunnel we have been finding our way through since the coronavirus pandemic started in China two years ago? The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has spread more rapidly with daily record breaking numbers of new cases but it is also proving to be milder than Delta,…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 92 New Year in Brighton
This week, the ninety-third week of the coronavirus pandemic record breaking numbers of new cases are recorded in the UK – the highest since the start of the coronavirus pandemic nearly two years ago. These are due to the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. No further restrictions for the New Year are…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 92 Isle of Man for Christmas
This week is the second Christmas during the coronavirus pandemic and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has triggered apprehension regarding the sudden introduction of more restrictions in addition to the mandatory wearing of face masks on public transport and in public places.…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 91 Omicron Threatens Christmas
For a second year running Christmas is under threat again due to the coronavirus pandemic and the sudden and very swift spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 which was soon found worldwide. England was quickly engulfed by this easily transmissable strain with numbers increasing rapidly. Face…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 90 Booster Campaign
Just as we thought we were emerging from the restrictions necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 and the Delta variant the rapid spread of the Omicron variant threatens a second Christmas. Some restrictions are coming back and the red list has been revived in the UK. At the end of the…
