Day 2:
About one out of 250 people in South Korea have already been tested, said the vice minister of foreign affairs on Monday. (=208.000 tests)
By comparison, the US -- with a population six times that of South Korea -- has only run about 3,700 tests in the federal CDC lab, and 4,800 in local public health labs across the country (=9500 tests su 6x popolazione di s. korea).
It's news like this that I find worrying. The reason Italy is in lock-down is because there have been so many tests done that it's been revealed just how viral this virus is! In the States the testing hasn't really even begun and there is no knowing how many people are out there infecting the populace. Beware!
As for my day...it was warm and sunny and I spent most of the day in the garden. There are few cars on the road but lots of walkers as many folks are home from work and the weather is so lovely. MIL has not grasped the concept of lock-down. She suggested we all do pizza on Saturday. Uhmmm. No. Ah well. I'll be luck to get to 88 with all my wits. xxoo me
View from Convento de Cristo once a Templar stronghold
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Day 1 quarantine:
These are the rules one needs to follow:
We are in lock-down within our own communities. Meaning, we are restricted to whatever town or city where we are resident.
You CAN go to work but if possible work from home.
You CAN go to the supermarket and other shops but shops are responsible for keeping customers at one meter distance one from the other. Shop clerks wear gloves, and sometimes masks, and pass change, credit cards etc across the counter without touching hands.
If we must leave our area, for work or some other necessity, we have to have an "auto-certification", which is a form we have to print out from a government site. We need to fill this form out and explain why we need to leave the area. (In GP's case he has filled one out to visit his mother in another town).
So what did I do on DAY 1? I visited a student 3 towns away. Naughty, naughty. I went shopping at our local home depot to get stuff for projects should we be confined to the house. (I have the garden topsy turvy and am going to refinish an old welsh cabinet). I then visited another student within my area so no problem there. I have decided that wine combats Corona virus so we polished off a nice bottle of Gewurztraminer for dinner. All good.
xxoo me
These are the rules one needs to follow:
We are in lock-down within our own communities. Meaning, we are restricted to whatever town or city where we are resident.
You CAN go to work but if possible work from home.
You CAN go to the supermarket and other shops but shops are responsible for keeping customers at one meter distance one from the other. Shop clerks wear gloves, and sometimes masks, and pass change, credit cards etc across the counter without touching hands.
If we must leave our area, for work or some other necessity, we have to have an "auto-certification", which is a form we have to print out from a government site. We need to fill this form out and explain why we need to leave the area. (In GP's case he has filled one out to visit his mother in another town).
So what did I do on DAY 1? I visited a student 3 towns away. Naughty, naughty. I went shopping at our local home depot to get stuff for projects should we be confined to the house. (I have the garden topsy turvy and am going to refinish an old welsh cabinet). I then visited another student within my area so no problem there. I have decided that wine combats Corona virus so we polished off a nice bottle of Gewurztraminer for dinner. All good.
xxoo me
Well it's official. We're in Lock down. I'm not sure exactly how restrictive this will become but at the moment it won't change our lives much. There are no public gatherings, cinemas, sporting events, and schools are closed until further notice. Shops and restaurants are open but have restricted hours and clients must be kept at a safe distance from each other. (Minimum a meter) We haven't stocked up on food or barricaded our doors. In fact I'm off to tutor a student in just a bit. If you don't hear from me again I've been sentenced to 3 years in prison. xxoo me
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