No idea on that, but the website of the government department mentioned is primarily in English. It seems legit to me.

EDIT: This site (note the domain name) mentions it too.

https://theprint.in/health/delhi-govt-marks-homes-under-covid-19-quarantine-4-times-world-saw-such-isolations-before/385900/

 

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Lombardy metal workers will go on strike on Wed and banking unions threaten nationwide strikes. They accuse the Italian government of not taking strict enough measures against the disease and endangering the wellbeing of their members.

Well that will do the world of good at this point in time 

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4,824 medical staff have now been tested positive in Italy. 147 have died including 18 doctors.

The number of positive cases in Russia is now 438 with an increase of 71 over the last 24 hours.

I can’t argue this further, as I’m not there to see it.  If it’s being done widely and in different Indian languages, then fair enough.  Logically, to have posted it on Twitter in Gujarati would have been pointless.  

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Israel total cases 1,238 with 24 in ICUs and the first death. A lockdown is now considered as the border closure has failed to stop the infection.

 Missed that word.

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I suspect it is genuine given the guidance there a few days ago.

“Permission for Home Quarantine people be given only after stamping on hand and on undertaking do’s and dont’s notified by Government. Neighbours of all home quarantine people be informed for active vigilance. RWA office bearers, neighbours may be informed about the persons under home quarantine in that residential complex/area. A workable mechanism to make the neighbours/people aware may be devised.

 Public awareness for mandatory reporting of any breach by Home Quarantine person.

 FIR for violation of conditions by Home Quarantine person under section 188 of IPC as prescribed under Regulation 18 of the Delhi Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020 issued by Health & Family Department.”

https://lg.delhi.gov.in/content/hon’ble-lt-governor-delhi-sh-anil-baijal-reviews-measures-contain-novel-coronavirus-covid-– 

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Germany's infection curve may be flattening - health chief

There are signs Germany's infection curve - reflecting rise in the number of cases - may be becoming less steep, according to the head of the country’s public health institute.

"We are seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly," Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control, told reporters.

"But I will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on Wednesday. But I am optimistic that the measures are already having an effect, which is very early because they have only been in place for a week."

Efforts to reduce the spread of the virus in the country have included school closures, hygiene measures such as hand-washing and restrictions on public gatherings.

The RKI reported earlier on Monday that the country now had 22,672 cases of Covid-19 - an increase of 4,062 on the previous day - and that 86 people had died so far.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52000039

 

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Trump is completely and utterly bonkers - the trajectory of US deaths has surged in the last few days.

Situation update worldwide, as of 23 March 2020

The data presented on this page has been collected between 6:00 and 10:00 CET

The deaths have been reported from Italy (5 476), China (3 276), Spain (1 720), Iran (1 685), France (674), United States (471), United Kingdom (281), Netherlands (179), South Korea (113), Germany (94), Belgium (75), Switzerland (60), Indonesia (48), Japan (41), Turkey (30), Brazil (25), Philippines (25), Sweden (21), Iraq (20), San Marino (20), Canada (18), Austria (16), Algeria (15), Greece (15), Ecuador (14), Portugal (14), Denmark (13), Egypt (10), Malaysia (10), Luxembourg (8), Australia (7), Hungary (7), India (7), International conveyance in Japan (7), Norway (7), Poland (7), Pakistan (5), Peru (5), Argentina (4), Ireland (4), Lebanon (4), Morocco (4), Bangladesh (3), Bulgaria (3), Burkina Faso (3), Dominican Republic (3), Panama (3), Tunisia (3), Ukraine (3), Albania (2), Bahrain (2), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (2), Democratic Republic of the Congo (2), Mauritius (2), Mexico (2), Romania (2), Singapore (2), Taiwan (2), United Arab Emirates (2), Azerbaijan (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Cayman Islands (1), Chile (1), Croatia (1), Cuba (1), Czech Republic (1), Finland (1), Gabon (1), Ghana (1), Guam (1), Guatemala (1), Guyana (1), Iceland (1), Israel (1), Kosovo** (1), Lithuania (1), Moldova (1), North Macedonia (1), Paraguay (1), Serbia (1), Slovenia (1), Sudan (1) and Thailand (1).

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I'm still convinced there is a case that we wont get hit so hard because we aren't land locked with another country ( apart from the obvious ) 

Nothing scientific obviously , just a feeling our numbers will stay low …..in comparison to what is being banded about 

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Yes, that’s proof to my sceptical self!  

Actually, the image on the right that Darren posted has an advert for Airtel, India’s telecoms company.  Those stickers are very familiar and are stuck on just about everything that doesn’t move. 

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It will be believed in trailer parks all over the US.

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Latest from CNN on the situation in New York:

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/22/health/us-coronavirus-wrap-sunday/index.html

 

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****SUPERMARKET UPDATE** Been to the Sainsburys here and there must have been some decent deliveries, it was relatively well stocked away from the pasta/toilet roll/tinned food aisles. The wine area was completely empty - had been gradually diminishing for a while and i guess the pub closure caused a final clear out. Fruit and veg was normal.

Saw a great example of social distancing in a long post office queue which came out the door and down the street, everyone spaced 2 metres apart. 

 Quite right

 

 

As a matter of interest, how quickly are test results coming through? By that I mean, if I have a Covid-19 test today, how long will it be before I get the results or the result is fed into national statistics? Apparently, it's taking up to 7 days to get results back in Ireland. If that's common in other countries too, it means that there is a real lag before trends can be ascertained.

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Big % jump in Romania today. Apparently, as you might expect, a lot of Romanians live and work in Italy and have been desperate to go home since the outbreak there. Romania has been urging them to stay put, but as anyone would appreciate, their only incentive has been to get out and go home:

https://www.romania-insider.com/coronavirus-queues-romania-border

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/thousands-romanians-trapped-austria-hungary-border-200317142719400.html

Unfortunately, there will be a surge of cases inside Romania on account of returnees.

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We have had 4 cruise ships in the Port over the past week including the Queen Mary 2. However, these were empty, the 2 cruise ships that have arrived today and yesterday were full of passengers. The holiday island of Rottnest some kms of the coast has been cleared of tourists and I have a good idea where these people will be going. The fact that people are still on cruises is deeply concerning. 

Tesco delivery arrived this morning. A few substitutions but all pretty much like for like. Managed to get paracetamol, pasta and toilet roll! (2 x 9 rolls instead of the requested 24 pack, but not bad!).

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On top of any questionable data we now have the Chinese Communist Party propaganda machine busily trying to convince everyone what a brilliant job the government has done to deal with Covid-19, along with the parallel propaganda exercise trying to convince everyone that it didn't start in some wretched trade in illegal wildlife in some food market in Wuhan.

You're right instinctively to distrust everything they say; including their economic data.

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Harder lockdown here being planned - Any idea of what it might be.

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I don't believe a bloody word , lied from  the outset , be a while before they are trusted again 

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I heard a junior minister on LBC earlier this afternoon. The impression I got is there will be no changes announced today. 

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