Ive namechanged for this - We are in lockdown in Denmark, Schools are shut (online lessons for DCs start Monday, I need to break this to them!) unis, all public services other than hospital, disability and elderly care have shut, musems sports clubs etc closed, no gatherings over 100 people. Drive through testing being made available in various places Borders were closed to most travel last night, and companies are being encouraged to have all non essential workers off
Plan (at present) is 2 weeks of school and public closures and 2 weeks self isolation if exposed to the virus, I think in most cases covered by state/sick pay. Theyve just passed a law mandating testing and control orders.
Still goods and toilet paper in the shops, pharmacies open, some reports of panic buying but not too many. Manic handwashing encouragement and efforts to make people change behavior eg not shaking hands, queuing changes in shops, Efforts to reduce the density of people on public transport by putting on more buses so there are less people in each, limiting seating on trains.
Im not great at translation but one thing that really struck me yesterday was a politicians announcement here about the lockdown - to paraphrase he said something like - 'there are who are more vulnerable to this disease and its our responsibility as a society to be their immune system by doing what we can to reduce the chances of spread and transmission' and I think there is a social sense that people want to do their bit
and while I cant speak for the whole country in my area Im seeing quiet calm, people staying in, and no great rushing of people to second homes etc, no police or army on the streets. Its pretty digitalised here already - most official stuff is online, most banking is mobile and contactless and arrangements have been made for those needing state help to be paid so the hope is that people are financially able to stay home.
Its hard to say yet if theres any effect although the number of new cases registered each day has dropped a bit over the 2 days. Im still at work (essential services) and have seen some really simple but sensible changes made to reduce contact between people eg all non essential meetings cancelled, canteen is closed (food still made and sold but without the social aspects) and we are prepping in various ways. It really does feel as though there is some coordinated effort and pulling together (which so far Ive not been seeing in the news from or hearing from friends/family in the UK) and I suspect people are responding to this and trying to comply with the changes
I have no idea how long it can go on and suspect that, if for instance there were food shortages people might act differently but at the moment, with a planned 2 weeks of lockdown it seems pretty doable here, but we will see