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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 87, Days Out
During Week 87 of the coronavirus pandemic the UK government continues to encourage all those eligible to get their COVID-19 booster. The debate about the meaning of fully vaccinated has started – will it now mean three jabs? Nevertheless, the threat of a Christmas lockdown or the re-imposition of…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 86 Winter Skies
During the 86th week of the coronavirus England enjoys a mild start to the second winter of the pandemic. New cases and deaths are still relatively high but the important statistic is the effect this has on the NHS and the number of hospitalisations. And, so far this is manageable despite an…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 85 Fireworks
A Second Bonfire Night during the coronavirus pandemic – where has the time gone? When the first lockdown in England started way back in March 2020 we thought it would all be over in two or three months. Nineteen months later we are celebrating a second Bonfire Night in the shadow of the…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 84 Lynton in Devon
Hospital admissions and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to rise during week 84 of the coronavirus pandemic. We are assured by government ministers that modelling predictions suggest these numbers will show a dramatic decrease in November. It has also been pointed out that we may have the highest…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 82 Wintry Weather
During week 83 of the coronavirus pandemic the number of new cases and deaths are still higher than those in the rest of Europe. The re-introduction of restrictions such as the wearing of face masks in public places and on public transport and the imposition of social distancing is once more on the…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 82 Floods in Corfu
During week 82 of the coronavirus pandemic the steady increase in new cases of COVID-19 seems to suggest England came out of lockdown too soon. The experts are calling for the re-introduction of mandatory face masks and social distancing in public places and on public transport. The possibility of…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 81 Albania
It is week 81 of the coronavirus pandemic and, finally, the restrictions on International travel are relaxed for the double vaccinated. Pre-travel negative PCR tests are no longer required when travelling to and from non-red list countries just a second day PCR test on returning to the UK. This…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 80 off to Albania
During week 80 of the coronavirus pandemic news of COVID-19 cases and other related issues take a back seat to the petrol crisis. There is enough petrol to fill our tanks but a huge shortage of drivers. We are encouraged by our Prime Minister not to panic buy but thousands of motorists do just…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 79 Lovely Walks in Dorset
It is week 79 of the coronavirus pandemic and there is more good news regarding the relaxing of restrictions on foreign travel. The USA is planning to lift the blanket ban on travellers for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. And the UK is set to join the EU vaccine passport scheme…
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Life During a Coronavirus Pandemic: Week 78 Lazy Days
It is week 78 of the coronavirus pandemic and finally there is some good news for overseas travel. An announcement is made that England will abandon the traffic light system at the beginning of next month making it easier to visit more countries and amber and green list countries will be subject to…
