China Coronavirus

[seafoid]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/06/29/leicester-put-back-lockdown-coronavirus-cases-rise/

Leicester has become the first city in Britain to be plunged back into lockdown after public health officials expressed alarm at a significant rise in Covid-19 cases.
Shops that only reopened on June 15 have been ordered to close from today, schools will be shut from Thursday to all but vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers, pubs and restaurants will remain shut on July 4 and a proposed relaxation of shielding on July 6 has been cancelled

[imtommygunn]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

[armaghniac]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

The Mayor of Leicester was on RTÉ radio this morning, the government haven't given them the detailed data so they don't know quite know what is happening.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

Locals being interviewed on BBC this morning almost in tears at the thought of it.

[armaghniac]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

Locals being interviewed on BBC this morning almost in tears at the thought of it.

Well some of the locals have been acting the maggot. they have 5 times the cases of the next worse place.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

Locals being interviewed on BBC this morning almost in tears at the thought of it.

Well some of the locals have been acting the maggot. they have 5 times the cases of the next worse place.

Yes obviously some spoiling it for the rest as usual. Heres a quote from a local MP in the area

'Appearing on breakfast TV this morning she said that high poverty, more positive coronavirus tests and higher ethnic diversity in Leicester East had contributed to a "perfect storm".

[GetOverTheBar]

How do you police a local lockdown? As in, I live in Leicester.....can I not just travel to Birmingham on the tear?

[Jeepers Creepers]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

Locals being interviewed on BBC this morning almost in tears at the thought of it.

Well some of the locals have been acting the maggot. they have 5 times the cases of the next worse place.

Yes obviously some spoiling it for the rest as usual. Heres a quote from a local MP in the area

'Appearing on breakfast TV this morning she said that high poverty, more positive coronavirus tests and higher ethnic diversity in Leicester East had contributed to a "perfect storm".

The health secretary told BBC Breakfast there had been "an unusually high incidence" of coronavirus among children in Leicester since increased testing began in the city 10 days ago

[Taylor]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

Locals being interviewed on BBC this morning almost in tears at the thought of it.

Well some of the locals have been acting the maggot. they have 5 times the cases of the next worse place.

Yes obviously some spoiling it for the rest as usual. Heres a quote from a local MP in the area

'Appearing on breakfast TV this morning she said that high poverty, more positive coronavirus tests and higher ethnic diversity in Leicester East had contributed to a "perfect storm".

The health secretary told BBC Breakfast there had been "an unusually high incidence" of coronavirus among children in Leicester since increased testing began in the city 10 days ago

Cant be right 

[Milltown Row2]

Paywall. Have they any idea where it's spreading from? Have any events / locations been identified?

Locals being interviewed on BBC this morning almost in tears at the thought of it.

Well some of the locals have been acting the maggot. they have 5 times the cases of the next worse place.

Yes obviously some spoiling it for the rest as usual. Heres a quote from a local MP in the area

'Appearing on breakfast TV this morning she said that high poverty, more positive coronavirus tests and higher ethnic diversity in Leicester East had contributed to a "perfect storm".

The health secretary told BBC Breakfast there had been "an unusually high incidence" of coronavirus among children in Leicester since increased testing began in the city 10 days ago

Cant be right 

Prof, Trailer and smurphy will have something to say about that!

Close the schools ffs

[macdanger2]

I don't think the Americans care about it to be totally honest. I know a few fellas over there from my time and locking it down European style is laughed at.

Economy first, can't let the Chinese gobble up our ports on the cheap.

Tbf to the Americans, I don't think they don't have the same social security system we have over here so I'd say many people are largely on their own financially during lockdown. Any of the US based posters know what support your average Joe gets during lockdown? Or is it state dependent?

[Smurfy123]

Milltown cases are going up in America but deaths are going down. Would it not make sense for younger ones to get it now in the summer months. Little or no kids die from the virus. Imagine testing every kid that had influenza? Jesus we would be up to 3/4000 per day alone in kids for a few .
Anyone with symptoms are getting tested. Anyone with influenza symptoms in normal time told to stay in the house

[Taylor]

Milltown cases are going up in America but deaths are going down. Would it not make sense for younger ones to get it now in the summer months. Little or no kids die from the virus. Imagine testing every kid that had influenza? Jesus we would be up to 3/4000 per day alone in kids for a few .
Anyone with symptoms are getting tested. Anyone with influenza symptoms in normal time told to stay in the house

Who would you suggest these kids stay with when they contract it?
Would they come in contact with adults/elderly or the vulnerable?

This is the point many on here have been making all along about kids getting it - few will die but this doesnt mean they wont give it to someone else

[imtommygunn]

In the north there are 95 ICU beds. 60 are occupied with non covid patients and yes there are no covid patients in ICU at present. We need to careful with this as we do not have the infrastructure, or remotely close to the infrastructure to deal with bad outbreaks.Yes there is a balance to be struck but I am not sure that sending kids out over the summer months to "get it now" would be any form of solution here

[trailer]

It's laughable. We're been asked to maintain social distancing, stay at home, keep kids from School, pubs, restaurants closed and then we have those scenes in Belfast today? Time those in power here wised up.