As of yesterday the death toll in the UK stood at 31,500ish from Covid-19. As I mentioned, we have been in lockdown now for a number of weeks. The virus can be contracted by air droplets and by physical contact so we are wearing gloves, masks and washing our hands very often when we go out and come back into the house.
We are told by the government that we should only go out to exercise (from and to our home), collect prescriptions and do essential shopping. We are doing my Mum's shopping as she is shielding and hasn't been out at all for weeks. It's tough at times and as far as we know we will be on lockdown for a further three weeks. Tonight at seven o'clock the PM Boris Johnson will be making a statement to the UK about any further changes.
There is a daily briefing at five o'clock every day with an update on the situation by the PM and various medical experts. I watch it avidly, hoping that there will be an improvement in the situation. We have just passed the peak and the death rate is falling gradually, despite that a few folks are flouting the lockdown rules and are travelling and mixing. The weather is scorching and hot, but we are confined to our homes.
At least we have a garden.
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