Just so WE NEVER forget..... Thursday 9th April 2020 ๐
Prime Minister Boris Johnson started lockdown on the evening of 23rd of March 2020 ๐ซ
On the 5th April he was admitted to hospital after 10 days self isolating with the Corona Virus ๐งช
On the 6th April he is in intensive care with deteriorating symptoms ๐ฉบ
The Queen addressed the nation at 8pm on 5th April ๐
Excel now known as NHS Nightingale and will be a hospital for up to 4,000 patients, most of whom are on ventilators. Similar venues being used in cities across the country. Opened by Prince Charles at 11am on 3rd April ๐ฅ
Community support groups established, to support the vulnerable, elderly, immunocompromised and people in enforced isolation due to exposure, in their community ๐ง๐ป๐ด๐ป
Petrol ⛽️ price close to home ๐ก was £1.02.
Schools closed on Friday 20 March. ๐ซRemote learning in place ๐
Self-distancing measures required ☹️
Tape on the floors at grocery stores ❌ and others to help distance shoppers ๐ (2 mtrs) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors ๐ฌ
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed ๐ซ People who can work ๐ฉ๐ป๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ป from home ๐ก
Parks ๐ trails, entire cities ๐ข closed or restricted to locals only in their bubble.
Entire sports ⚽️ ๐ ๐พ seasons cancelled.
Olympics postponed to 2021. ๐ต๐ก⚫๐ข๐ด
Concerts ๐ซ tours ๐ festivals ๐คน๐ป entertainment events ๐ญ cancelled ๐ซ
Weddings ๐ฐ๐ผ๐คต๐ป family celebrations ๐ฅณ holiday gatherings ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ even funerals ⚰️ cancelled ๐ซ
No masses, churches ⛪️ are closed ๐ซ
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, then 10 or more. Now, Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home bubble ⚗️
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and all other TV networks are on in every home daily now ๐ฌ
Children's outdoor play parks are closed ๐ก
We are to distance from each other. Shortage of masks ๐ท gowns ๐ฅผ gloves ๐งค for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill ๐ค in many parts of the world.
Refrigerated trucks for the dead outside hospitals in the USA ๐บ๐ธ Italy ๐ฎ๐น Spain ๐ช๐ธ China ๐จ๐ณ and more.
Panic buying ๐ sets in and we have limits on toilet paper ๐งป disinfecting supplies, paper towels, staple foods ๐ฅ hand sanitizer ๐งด Flour is hard to get because the packaging comes from China ๐จ๐ณ and borders are closed ๐ง
Manufacturers ๐ญ distilleries and other businesses ๐ข switch their lines to help make visors, masks ๐ท hand sanitizer ๐งด and PPE ๐งค
Fines are established for breaking lockdown rules ๐ค
Stadiums ๐ and recreation facilities overseas open up for the overflow of Covid-19 ๐ฆ patients.
Public Park ๐ areas turned into caravan parks for stranded tourists to self isolate ๐
Press conferences daily from the PM ๐ฑ♂️ and other government ๐ officials. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths ⚰️
Government ๐ incentives to stay home. Barely anyone on the roads ๐ฃ
People wearing masks ๐ท and gloves outside ๐งค
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ป⚕️ ๐ฒ๐ป
Medical field workers ๐ฉ๐ป⚕️ are afraid to go home to their families ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ
45526 deaths globally so far.
This is the Novel Coronavirus ๐ฆ (Covid-19) Pandemic, WHO declared March 11th, 2020.
One day it will show up in my memory ๐ญ feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted ๐