I went out cycling this afternoon enjoying the empty roads and sunshine. An individual endeavour, fresh air and exercise, no problem as far as I can see. I cycled past 4 parks that are filled with families pushing kids on swings and kicking footballs about with their lads. It was like a bank holiday out there. People arent getting it. It crossed my mind whether the govt tomorrow will show photos of it all and say well you cant be trusted and so you're all indoors starting now.Been saying this since a time when we had a handful of cases, but all you get is “stop scaremongering”, “trust the experts” etc. Obviously didn’t do a good enough job. If fear is all that will make people behave as they should, then so be it. The situation is grim. If an elderly loved one get this, they need to get it in the next couple of days, because beyond that the treatment will be for younger people, not them. Few seem to get this. This is the severity of the situation that’s playing out before us. It’s not exaggeration or sensationalism, it’s actually coming. Yet people just want to get rat-arsed in pubs and enjoy what they view as some sort of spring break. Some families are going for more walks now than they did before the outbreak. It’s lunacy. Lock us down ASAP.
We’ve got at least a couple of weeks of bad news coming in Spain. Fallas in Valencia’s was only cancelled after 7/8 days when tens of thousands had gone into the city every day. Expecting big spikes in Valencia in the next week or two.news from the BBC live feed.
360 new deaths in Lombardy
The death toll in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy’s virus outbreak, has risen by around 360 in a day to more than 3,450, a source has told Reuters.
The number of cases in the region, which includes Italy’s financial capital Milan, has increased by around 2,590 to more than 28,370. However, a number of results were still awaiting confirmation and it was not clear if they would be added later.
Sunday’s figures represented an improvement on Saturday, when the death toll in the region rose by 546 and new cases increased by 3,251. The national death toll is due to be released later on Sunday. The tally stood at 4,825 on Saturday - the highest in the world
Those figures look to be regional rather than national. The figures are shocking but there is a suggestion in both the Spanish and Italian figures that their epidemic is no longer accelerating....by that I mean that the growth in the number of new cases each day is no longer growing. This is still not clear but just pointing out that within the alarming news there is a hint that the epidemic in Spain and Italy maybe reaching its peak. I am not sure about Italy. I think it's moving from those small Norther towns, to Lombardy and then to the South. The South is poorer.
Think the UK will be the worst affected country in Europe once this is all over, certainly up there with Italy.
Such an ignorant set of people that live in this country.
just London ?Parks in london have been closed