Worried about Cornovirus 30

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Shehab Khan - 'Emergency legislation has been published it gives the police the power to detain people who they suspect of having #COVID19 to be tested. If they do they can be made to go into isolation for 14 days. If they ignore they can get fined £1,000.'

A Scottish Prison Service spokeswoman says two prisoners at HMP Kilmarnock have tested positive for COVID-19

You will not be able to sue for medical negligence by the NHS during Covid-19 outbreak t.co/wRB52KTZrq

The bill contains new powers to create a volunteer army, with a new form of unpaid statutory leave and a compensation scheme to "maximse the pool of volunteers"

Suspect we will hear a lot of this in months to come t.co/4LzhtdoyqK

Nigel Morris -'Downing Street rules out London transport lockdown to combat coronavirus.'

PoliticsHome -'NEW: Number 10 insists 'zero prospect' of travel restrictions in London amid virus lockdown speculation.'

Sam Coates Sky -'You will not be able to sue for medical negligence by the NHS during Covid-19 outbreak.'
Sky News Breaking -'The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 0.25% to 0.1% in a further emergency move to shore up an economy shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic'

Sam Coates Sky -'The bill contains new powers to create a volunteer army, with a new form of unpaid statutory leave and a compensation scheme to "maximse the pool of volunteers"
Suspect we will hear a lot of this in months to come.'

Haven’t had time to read thread or properly catch up - have daily figures been released yet? If so what are they?

There are a few instances of it being found in prisons now. I think the true numbers of cases must be phenomenal if it's getting into prisons where people are fairly isolated from society. I know it's through prison officers, but even so.... Just think of whst it's like in open society.

@croon979 not yet.

All they have said is they deny that you will not be able to leave or enter London. They have not denied that people there won't be a lockdown of people in their homes aside from going to work.

Downing Street "urges responsible reporting of what is happening and references to a "lockdown" "is not language I would use."

About this.

This is an issue of language.

The government haven't said here that lockdown won't happen. Just that the media should be careful of the language they use and not to use the term lockdown.

As far as I read this it's about trying to tone down fear and stop panic but it doesn't mean wide ranging powers to restrict activities and movement in the capital are not on the cards.

Johnson has a track record of dodging language in this way and saying black is effectively white.

I certainly do not rule out lockdown by another name. Look at what the government are doing in terms of legislation, putting the army on standby and documented planning rather than what is said by unamed sources at a media briefing....

Thanks cjt

@croon979 Just for later on when the stats are announced, the cases as at 9am yesterday were: 2,626 were confirmed positive. 103 have died.

Thanks that has saved me a job cjt

So we can't take the obvious step of shutting the tube to stop people dying, but we can strip away years worth of powerful legislation overnight to make it a piece of piss to section someone. Right.I see. Makes perfect sense.

@croon979 No probs. I was finding it hard to judge what the jump way day per day so find myself looking just before the figures what they were the day previous

@EightNineTen prisoners receive visitors there are other workers new inmates coming in, they aren't that isolated but numbers must be phenomenal and I find that reassuring

What does cutting the interest rates do in real terms?

Dps bosses son had a cough on Sunday so 14 days in. Dp won't confirm that his boss won't be in on Monday.

Ffs. This is why it's spreading. It's 14 days for a reason you twat.

Scottish cases rise to 266 & deaths double to 6.

BREAKING: New York state reports 1,238 new cases of coronavirus, taking the state's total to 4,152 and raising the U.S. total to more than 10,000 t.co/eUoE2b20hL

Shit. That's an massive increase.

But, it's just a hoax...

@springisstillblooming. They also ruled out limits on how many can go out at once or requring papers to explain why you out.

Even lockdown countries essential workers are having to use pt.

Sadly think the MH act changes will be permanent.

Sam Coates Sky - 'This is quite an extension of spook powers. Allows warrants for monitoring without pre-approval of a Judicial Commissioner. Needed within 3 days so agencies "maintain their ability to protect national security" Once taken, I wonder if this power will ever be relinquished.'

BREAKING: Prince Albert of Monaco tests positive for coronavirus. t.co/SkprHWYJPX