Prime minister announcement at 12

[Hugglespuffed]

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

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51850811

Given Scotland is in charge of its own education provision, could it follow ROI? The border area between Scotland and England is sparsely populated for the most part, I doubt many kids live in one and go to school in the other.

Here’s the Ireland update

Ireland’s school and building closures take effect from 6pm today. That’s definitive action!

So school closures and restrictions on large gatherings are a great idea, except for us...

Our school has sent an email outlining what will happen if/when the school closes.

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Is the PM announcement being broadcast on tv? I've turned the tv on but the menu is just showing the usual programmes..

I’d expect it to be on the news channel. I doubt there’ll be an interruption to the normal schedule.

I haven't seen any press conference details but have seen that the Cobra meeting is due to take place this afternoon?

I've got the news on and no annoucement?

SKY has just shown Boris walking to a podium. Not sure if that's live footage, as they're doing a general update now on Norway and Ireland closing schools

@PurpleDaisies Nothing on bbc news yet. I assume it'll be breaking and they'll jump over to is. Still saying government is to have a cobra meeting as the headline

Littleboy me too, hoping it’s any minute but I cannot see that they have said it’s going to be now they have just said later?

I’m not convinced there actually is an announcement coming at 12pm.

The cobra meeting hasn't happened yet. It's this afternoon.
I cant find any information saying there will be an announcement at 12.

Neither am - Jeremy vine just said they are in cobra until 1.15

Schools colleges and childcare closing in Ireland from 6pm today! Until 29th March

Cobra meeting is at lunchtime so no announcement yet I dont think

COBRA is still sitting, where did the 12 announcement come from?

Surely if we border Ireland we should be following suit regarding closures?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51850811

Where did the info come from that there would be an announcement at 12 anyway?

Will nurseries/pre-schools also close if it’s enforced?

I posted this yesterday, but universities have been on strike (or many staff have) for nearly a month anyway, so it's not clear where the students are- at home, at uni accommodation or in some landlord house in town.

Or like one on our course - they buggered off on holiday to Northern Italy last week, came back the day before the entire country was made a "self isolate if you come back" zone and are in lectures going on about how quiet it was because "they've all got that corona thing" and off out onto placement.

To say I'm pissed off about this situation (I made university aware of where she'd come back from - don't give a shit about her skipping a week of term but do give a shit about that) is an understatement.