Stan

Italian mayors take no shit

This is so sad https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52014023

How broad is their stuff that's available for free (aside from Wrestlemanias)?

Government rules seems to have changed about working/working from home/key workers since the announcement was made. Seem to be mixed messages and confusion about who can/should work or not.

Germany having more cases than Italy, too. Is that right? Hoping UK stays under Italy's trajectory so we can get rid of the '2 weeks behind them' saying, especially with our lockdown. Just need people to not be or act like dickheads and think they're better than anyone else.

Bad Lip Reading is one of the best things ever Love their NFL compilations.

They've closed some open play areas. Parks are open for exercise but apparently large gatherings will be dispersed through, at first, police persuasion...

Scrabble lovers are absolutely delighted.

I'd describe it as a partial lockdown but a positive step. Just hope this relieves pressure on NHS and has the desired effect to do so. That's the main thing for me as well as reducing number of cases. Think we have to realise it will take such a lockdown period for case numbers to decrease. People can't expect instant results here. Gotta be patient but compliant.

Police have powers to enforce through fines if not complied with. Measures to be in place for 3 weeks and reviewed then. If measures aren't followed, gatherings of no more than 2 to be enforced, weddings, baptisms to be cancelled, places of worship to be shut.

Boris announces: Can only leave for Shopping 1 form of exercise - run, walk, cycle alone or members of household Medical need Travelling to & from work where absolutely necessary

That cow will be eating you for dinner mate.

Think @IgnisExcubitor alluded to it earlier. Was going well then people got a bit carried away.

AND WE'RE BACK TO THIS!

When though

Boris to make announcement/daily update at 8.30pm tonight.

Cor with that kind of vision did you not see this happening ?

They're having a COBRA meeting and daily press conference/update thing is scheduled for later.

602 deaths in Italy in last 24 hours. Still high but falls for 2nd day in a row.

UK death toll up to 335.

Keep up @nudge

Seeing @nudge's post earlier suggests it perhaps didn't 'start' in China and could have actually been detected in Lombardy way before it was detected in China...

Testing accessibility or facilities? Has that improved in the last week or so? Possibly. It's conceivable it could be to do with air traffic. You can't totally discount that. A quick Google check shows that Ecuador's main airport in Quito takes in approx. 5m passengers per year. Average that out across 12 months and it works out about 429k passengers. Have Ecuador shut their airports as a measure to stop the virus?