Worried about Cornovirus 30

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FFS just change the time of announcement to 5pm or something.

Most countries are doing multiple data releases a day. We can’t even manage one.

My council have said there is no danger of refuse collections being affected.

Do you think its london where there is no bin collections as its getting so bad there?

No bin collections for 12 weeks would be insane. Stopping them for a couple of weeks at the height of problems would be more understandable.

Are the countries on lockdown managing to collect rubbish? Surely that's a major public health priority. Not going to help ease the spread if rubbish - possibly containing infected waste (tissues, gloves, etc) is left piling up.

Weren't the government encouraging community volunteers during this crisis? I volunteer Johnson, Cummings, and Hancock for temporary refuse collectors. About time they did something useful.

I'm in London. I've been told it is fine.

We are in Essex, our bins haven't been collected today despite the council saying nothing has changed 🤔

@barbedbloom that actually isnt as bad as the numbers coming out of Italy one person every 10 mins is 6 an hour so 144 per day - an awful lot but less than Italy are saying

The 27 year old does highlight the need for self isolation around pregnancy as to whether than caused anything

And with rubbish collection the article doesnt say it is stopping. I really wish the Sun/Mirror (and even some of the broadsheets) would stop the sensationalist headlines when they did headlines for Coronavirus as always the actual article reveals something far more measured.

They are stopping garden waste collection though

And honestly I really think people should not scaremonger about societal breakdown, which is not happening at all in other countries at the moment.

They are stopping garden waste collection though

Not exactly the end of the world that!

@HouseElfy no and its not all councils either

I really do get annoyed with the newspapers with this - I mean its one thing during normal times but this heading

BIN IT Coronavirus: Take your own rubbish to the tip, families told as bin collections cancelled in crisis

Is awful as it scares so many people and its how rumours start. Its like the we could be on lockdown for 1 to 2 years - that is not what it says it says measures will come and go over that time in order to suppress the curve.

My suspicion is they will balance out the infrastructure of the NHS with the economy and take it from there. I think under all of this what they arent saying is that these measures dont stop coronavirus deaths they stop those that occur due to health service breakdown

Really need to stop scaremongering on here.
Please report credible sources not Red Top papers.

nos.nl/liveblog/2327693-30-nieuwe-doden-meer-dan-10-000-aanmeldingen-extra-zorgverleners.html

netherlands:
+534 positive tested, 2994 total
+30 dead, 106 total

Matthew Fraser @frasermatthew
French police are getting aggressive with lockdown enforcement: 18,000 fines amounting to €2.4 million. Also arrests and detentions in the rough Paris suburb of Saint Denis, charged with “endangering the life of others”, comes with possible sentence of one year in prison.

I work for a local authority. We are definitely prioritising bin collection.

Scottish test numbers: 20 March 2020
A total of 7550 Scottish tests have concluded. Of these:

7228 tests were confirmed negative
322 tests were positive
6 patients who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have died
Health board Positive cases
Ayrshire and Arran 16
Borders 9
Dumfries and Galloway 10
Fife 12
Forth Valley 23
Grampian 19
Greater Glasgow and Clyde 91
Highland 6
Lanarkshire 41
Lothian 40
Shetland 24
Tayside 31

Just heard my first Corona handwashing radio ad...

@Coquohvan Have you got yesterdays Scotland stats.. Just trying to figure out the rise

Have we got today’s UK figures yet?

@Coquohvan I dont think its just the red tops I think all news sources are guilty of it

@Coquohvan Think i have found it. Increase of cases from 266 to 322 so 56 new?

Really need to stop scaremongering on here.
Please report credible sources not Red Top papers

This x 1 million.

@Sunshinesky good oh. @Quartz2208 yes agreed though RedTops are whipping up hysteria further IMHO

An issue in france might be if it triggers racial tensions - france is somewhere that issue feels even more likely to explode into civil disturbences than in the uk .