Prime minister announcement at 12

[Hugglespuffed]

Is it going to be drastic changes? Or just 'work at home if you can'?

Omg 10 more deaths since yesterday in the UK?? Breaking News just now

If you read the nurses thread, if their children are not looked after at school, they will not be able to work

Can you link to that thread, I can’t find it?

A few provinces in China are almost clear of the virus. A few more are already totally clear. For example, Anhui province - with a similar population and geographical size to the UK.

Around 1000 active cases at its peak
Deaths 6 (admittedly a tad under the average, Hubei excepted)
Current cases 0 (ZERO)

Schools being touted to reopen there in the next couple of week.

Our response is non existent. There’s was, since January, exemplary given the huge challenge and logistical difficulties of a continent sized nation and dozens of cities running into the millions.

The likes of Singapore, S.Korea, Taiwan are merely implementing the lessons painstakingly learned in mainland China. None of this “let’s just let a few thousand die” bullshit.

“Let’s send kids to school so that the nurses will be able to cure the thousands of people who are sick because kids were sent to school”

Great logic

I dont know if this is true, no verification - but DD2 says its all over twitter that Eton has closed.

So we plebs can send our cannon fodder into school and that's fine, because the elite must be preserved for future generations. Very

It isn't true so you can save your anger and nonsense about the "elite" and "canon fodder" 🙄

the rumour is false - it appears an American school of the same name has closed, but the college in Windsor is operating as usual.

Well I read this:
this

I was a bit at the bit about schools.

soupdragon like I said no verification - but if its not true about Eton Coll in the UK then I'm very pleased. Glad to see we are all in it together etc.

“Let’s send kids to school so that the nurses will be able to cure the thousands of people who are sick because kids were sent to school”

This.

And this:

People need to open there eyes

Sorry their eyes