Not in my Tesco and Asda seem to have stopped, allowing couples and large families in.

Of course, you could just queue up separately

 That would be a little tricky because we've had weekly food deliveries from the local butcher and online supermarkets since the lock-down started so haven't been to a shop.

Hand sanitiser in huge demand I can’t get any at the moment so that’s going to be a big problem nationally usually comes in 5 litres promised some next week
Constant topping up in the five used classrooms at the moment.

Also with regard to schools possible closing of canteen would be a huge problem up and down the country  for some of those kids it’s the only cooked meal they have so perhaps canteen and staff numbers linked to the most deprived children.Others would have packed lunches to help SD

Can also see double days and night shifts becoming much more popular for manufacturing which again has pros and cons.

will SAP cope

Re-testing samples from patients last December finds CV-19 was already spreading in France 

 Absolutely. You won,t find a specific virus till you do a lot of testing for it so it is highly likely covid -19 was around in many large cities before it was recognised.

Cruise ship story for Maunder,

though I wouldn't mind being stuck in a small cabin with her for 51 days

"We haven't been able to touch land for 51 days - and we've now got to wait another 26 days just to get home."

Lauren and Joe say they're struggling to cope as they're unable to leave the cruise ship they work on, which is currently docked in Miami.@TheJeremyVine | #JeremyVine pic.twitter.com/laEVFjlJIv

— Jeremy Vine On 5 (@JeremyVineOn5) May 4, 2020

Wow! How accurate are these tests though? I have seen so many posts where this could have started anywhere so just why are the Chinese so protective and won't let any investigations into. What are they hiding?

If it was a mistake that got out of control a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible that’s very different

China’s lack of transparency after the coronavirus broke out leaves a lot to be desired but I fear US  does have problems of its own in trying to find the truth and would worry itself about retaliations

As far as I know or from what I’ve read United States is heavily reliant on China for personal protection equipment desperately needed by American medical workers, and Trump also wants to keep a hard-won trade deal on track so it’s not going to easy to find the truth.

NHS England has reported 204 new hospital deaths down from 246 yesterday

Last Monday. NHS England has reported 329 hospital deaths

Ah, yes, her. I saw that, it was a couple of weeks ago. She is very good. Fingers crossed that they actually get some of the volunteers infected. 

It was easy for Jenner. He just got some poor unsuspecting child, gave them the vaccination (cow pox) and injected him with smallpox, the biggest all time viral killer. Thankfully it worked!

It wouldn't mean it didn't start in China. Plenty of people would have left China for holidays in any case. It just means China closing its International borders sooner wouldn't have prevented the pandemic.

Breakdown of the 204 hospital deaths in England by date

• 54 on May 3rd


• 108 on May 2nd


• 24 on May 1st


• 17 in April


• 1 on March 29th

Last 4 Monday's like for like in England for hospital deaths

• 4th - 204


• 27th - 329 


• 20th - 482


• 13th - 667

I still think the compelling evidence is that the virus started via animal to human transmission via the wet food/live animal markets in China and most likely Wuhan. Taking everything else into account surely this is where the main pressure should be put to change practices. People say it is difficult because it is a cultural thing. There are some funny human beings out there then because I love my fish and chips from a proper "chippy" but as sure as hell if I thought I was going to get a deadly virus from there you wouldn't get me anywhere near it !!

I thought they had already worked out that its a bat virus with some Pangolin DNA. Could only have developed in a Chinese jungle where these two animals mix, or perhaps at the market

I would gladly volunteer to be infected, if the pay was good enough!

Can people who have antibodies still spread the virus, and act as carriers, just like the bats in the Horizon film? 

The article is making the point women are under represented in the media reporting of the pandemic, with a disproportionate number of experts and interviewees being male. The stats for this seem reasonable enough.

How is that contradicted by an article showing representation within the industry as a whole?

If the article said in comparison to the workforce then you can argue it's lazy etc. but that's not the point it's making. Unless I've missed something you appear to have decided the article is lazy by implying it's saying something which it isn't?

Given the whole point of things like equal representation in the media is to try and address imbalances in the relevant sector, the article is making a valid point IMO.

Getting a wee bit off topic now I guess

That’s a tough old headline for the rest of his kids. https://t.co/MwkTEsqMBD

— Andrea Catherwood (@acatherwoodnews) May 3, 2020