President Trump: "The war on the COVID19 virus will take 30 days and after this, we will be in great shape."

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Italy have reported 4,207 cases and 475 new deaths in Italy.

Total now 37,513 with 2,978 deaths

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Italy have reported 4,207 cases and 475 new deaths in Italy.

Total now 37,513 with 2,978 deaths

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Interesting from a frontline virologist in Germany:

Almost all infected people we interviewed (>100), and this applies to a good two thirds, described a loss of smell and taste lasting several days. It goes so far that a mother could not smell the full diaper of her child. Others could no longer smell their shampoo, and food began to taste bland. We cannot yet tell exactly when these symptoms will appear, but we believe a little later in the infection.

Diarrhea also occurred in our infected people in 30 percent of the cases, which is more common than previously thought.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/gesundheit/coronavirus/virologe-hendrik-streeck-ueber-corona-neue-symptome-entdeckt-16681450.html

Originally Posted by: xioni2 

 This is interesting too. I normally work in an office which has a very high number of visitors from China.

Back in February I had unexplained headache, dizziness, cough and noticed a strange loss of taste and smell. I felt lousy for a couple of weeks but kept going and it is now resolved. Nobody around me came down with it though so I guess what I had wasn't covid-19.

Originally Posted by: Ulric 

Breaking: All schools are closing in the UK after Friday until further notice

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 

Having just had a close relative spend time in intensive care and helped to full recovery from a life threatening condition by an absolutely fantastic team in the NHS, I find your comment above even worse than the usual garbage that come from your keyboard 

Originally Posted by: Steve 

Why not wait until the commons statement is over before the Downing St press conference? Bloody stupid.

Originally Posted by: nsrobins 

For now, my work is going to keep the office open, but operate a 'flexible & sensible approach'. All staff with either a medical condition, one of their family has a medical condition or they're carers for the very young or old/vulnerable, then they've been told to work from home. Everyone else, it's up to them. The car park we rent is only for 'essential business users' but they're going to coordinate to ensure there's enough spaces for anyone to drive in & park so they don't have to use public transport. 

I plan to work from home 2 or 3 days a week for now. This could well change as the situation develops further.

The schools closing will be a small complication, given their ages. I just hope schools maintain resources for years 11 & 13 in preparation for their GCSE's & A-levels.

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

Perhaps I misheard it but it seems like Gavin Williamson suggested that all exams will be cancelled. 

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Perhaps I misheard it but it seems like Gavin Williamson suggested that all exams will be cancelled. 

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

I am absolutely astounded that the government have still not closed down bars and pubs.

WE ARE LOSING TIME

Originally Posted by: Heavy Weather 2013 

That would be catastrophic for my eldest as she's consistently outperformed her predicted grades.

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

That would be catastrophic for my eldest as she's consistently outperformed her predicted grades.

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow