Announcement tonight at 5pm (Thursday 21st jan)

[Workyticket]

news.sky.com/story/uk-covid-news-live-latest-updates-one-in-four-medics-has-sought-mental-health-support-and-mexico-sees-thefts-of-oxygen-12192114

What tougher measures will we face?

[itsgettingweird]

And patients admitted is down 1.1% which will back up the case numbers dropping.

Deaths are still high but a smaller raise this week at 14.1%.

I would expect to see that lower next week and then begin to drop.

[MarshaBradyo]

No extra measures thank god

Each time people start these threads about extra measures

[Truelymadlydeeplysomeonesmum]

@MintyMabel

New fines will apply to any gathering of more than 15 people in homes

Super, party for 14 at mine!

Obviously not, but why make it over 15 people?

Probably to make it larger than a possible bubble. Easier for the police officers to be sure the fine will stick. It won't just be two households bubbling

[DfEisashambles]

@Sostenueto glad someone agrees with me! People treat the daily reported infection rates as actual gospel. There are thousands of real cases not being counted.

[MaxNormal]

@JustWatchMe to be fair reading "boarders" over and over got quite annoying too.

[DonnaDonna01]

I’m beginning to wonder why I watch them, the press are obviously muzzled because they do not ask the right questions. It’s just the same thing over and over.
The poster who said it’s like a school assembly is right and about as meaningless most of the time.

[ImsorryWilson]

thank you for the witty remarks on this thread - they keep me sane

[friedafinn]

Yay, love you Priti. Now I can plan my birthday party for tomorrow night and know exactly how many people I can invite.

[randomer]

So board with all this talk of boarders.Our boarders should have been closed months ago.

[Sostenueto]

The thing about testing figures......my DD a careworker is tested 4 times a week 2 lateral flow tests ( 30 minute tests) and 2 of the other sort that's sent away. Do one person 4 tests multiply that by all careworkers getting 4 tests a week then that throws a different light on those numbers of people tested doesn't it?

[Sostenueto]

They vet the questions put when doing public announcements to.a certain extent.

[Sostenueto]

So really it's the number of TESTS not the number of PEOPLE.