A lot to note for Posterity.

CV19 The Daily Record Monday 11^th May 2020.

Day 49 of Lockdown.

Still not feeling my usual self, even after a good sleep, a bit tetchy and still tearful 1^st thing but improved as the day went on.

I cleaned the house from top to bottom a really good clean, corners, window sills (not windows) scrubbed floors, cobwebs down. It took hours but the result was well worth it.

I always complain that our window sills and skirting boards are black with dirt and they are cleaned regularly. I have not done much housework with the weather being so good. Cleaning the window sills and skirting boards today no black! Thanks to no planes and much less traffic. Just what are we breathing in each day?

Ian mowed the lawn and prepared dinner. It was a very cold day and the wind was terrific. Late afternoon we just read and watched 2 of the isolation short stories that aired last week. They were very good indeed, filmed at home by people in lockdown. Sheridan Smith was in one and Robert Glenister in the other. They all have the Coronavirus lockdown as a story line.

The BBTs (Baby Blue Tits) are getting bigger each day and Mum and Dad are frantic feeding.

A truly spectacular dinner of Roast Duck, Red Cabbage, Carrots, Roast Potatoes and Broccoli.

The Daily briefing. All lot to make a note of here so bear with me.

Following the rather ambiguous update on Sunday night, the daily briefing today was putting a bit of meat on the bones. It went on rather a long time but some good information came out of it

These are guidelines for England only.

PM says - Small steps back to normality all of this is totally conditional. Getting the economy back on its feet and saving lives is a supremely difficult balance to strike. Science takes time.

From Wednesday we can take as much exercise outdoors as we like.

We are able to meet up with one other person not from our family group but social distancing must be observed.

We should wear masks in shops, on public transport and in enclosed spaces.

Those that cannot work from home should go back to work as soon as the workplace is safe to do so.

Public transport should not be used, walk or cycle to work where possible.

Shift work may have to be introduced in the workplace to cope with demand and social distancing.

There were some traffic jams on Motorways this morning.

High Street shops may be able to open in June.

Secondary Schools will not open until September.

Reception year 1-6 will restart in June but social distancing needs to be observed.

There are different lockdown rules in Wales, Scotland and England, causing confusion for workers that live and work in different countries. No cross border rules have been drawn up.

Travel by air – Thermal cameras are to be brought into use along with, masks and sanitizer.

Any persons arriving in the UK will have to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Statistics say that lower paid people are more likely to die if they contract the disease.

Coronavirus alert levels.

Level 5-1 .5 being the most dangerous for Healthcare being overwhelmed.

We are currently between 4 and 3.

Level 1 will most likely not be achieved without a vaccine.

Depending on the Alert level there are 3 steps to easing lockdown.

Step 1 is where we are now.

Step 2. From June primary schools and some shops to reopen.

Step 3 No earlier than July 4^th business like hairdressers and places of worship to open.

These are all conditional on the R being kept under 1.

Some people are calling for everything to open up and get the economy going quickly. This would be a disaster as the virus is virulent and would have an adverse affect on the economy.

DO NOT leave home if you have symptoms – self-isolating rules apply 7-14 days.

The risk of transmission outdoors is much less than the transmission indoors but it is NOT ZERO.

We need to balance the seriousness of the epidemic.

Chris Witty said – The majority of people that contract the disease will not die.

A significant amount of people will not contract it.

Of those that do contract it some will be asymptomatic.

80% of those that contract it will have mild to moderate symptoms

A minority will need to go to hospital; of those the majority will need oxygen and then leave.

Those remaining will be severe to critical and need ICU care and some of these will sadly die.

You can see from this scale just how ill the PM was.

Some people that live at holiday locations and beauty spots fear they will be inundated by tourists thus putting them at risk. Others fear the lack of tourist trade will kill the local economy.

210 people had died in the last 24 hours (weekend lag)

UK death toll is +32K