Games off in Italy due to Coronavirus

[drillerpie]

http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/com...to%20HH101.mp4

[drillerpie]

Hope the newsreader got tested after this too.

[Jeekay56]

The BBC are reporting that Marinakis has the Covid-19 virus.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51814887

[slack_pie]

Here in the Czech Republic they've cancelled / banned all events with 100 people or more. So all concerts, sports events, conferences. Even cinemas are closing. Plus all schools are closed country wide. What crazy times we live in!

[SwalePie]

http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/com...to%20HH101.mp4

Here's the report I saw last night. The old lady in the tube is a 62 year old from Cremona but there weren't any beds left there so they had to whisk her away on a military helicopter and find her a bed somewhere else. It says the Italian air force has made a fleet of latest generation helicopters available for this kind of task so it doesn't sound like a one-off.

Crikey. Cheers for info. I've got all of my people in all parts of Italy working from home now, very tricky situation indeed.

[drillerpie]

Crikey. Cheers for info. I've got all of my people in all parts of Italy working from home now, very tricky situation indeed.

Yes it is a tricky situation. I should probably point out that Cremona is a very wealthy part of Italy where normally everything works perfectly. If they're having problems like that there, it means that if something similar happens in the south of Italy it will be an unmitigated disaster.

I'm in the north east and everyone I know has been working from home for a couple of weeks now. It's a lovely sunny day here and I want to go for a run by the river but I can't as if a policeman asks me where I'm going I'd be risking 3 months in prison!

By the way Joe Rogan spoke to an expert on viruses on his podcast yesterday, it was quite interesting and he busted a few myths

https://youtu.be/E3URhJx0NSw

[upthemaggies]

'ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere go.....

Man City v Arsenal is off because Arsenal played Olympiakos last week.

[drillerpie]

I'm hearing rumours of 'total lockdown' being decreed in Italy, which even more stringent than the lockdown we've got now, in that you won't even be able to go to work.

All commercial activity to be stopped apart from supermarkets and pharmacies (only one person per family allowed to leave the house).

All public officials to be sent home apart from law and order and hospitals.

I'm sorry if I seem to be repeating myself about this, but the spread of this virus really is quite remarkable, and I can't help but think the UK is not being as proactive as it could be.

In any case, whatever the government says, take it from me that you need to try to take steps to limit your exposure to other people. Even if you're confident of not getting seriously ill, an old person (you actually don't have to be that old to be at risk) or cancer patient may very well have reason to thank you.

[ncfcog]

Saw this last night. Makes interesting reading. UK on same trajectory as Italy, US now banning all travel from mainland Europe for 30 days. Also interesting to see Singapore and Hong Kong have done a very good job of minimising the spread.

[irishpete]

Saw this last night. Makes interesting reading. UK on same trajectory as Italy, US now banning all travel from mainland Europe for 30 days. Also interesting to see Singapore and Hong Kong have done a very good job of minimising the spread.

What has Singapore/Hong Kong done any differently to the rest?
Total shut down is coming. people now getting used to the idea whereas if brought in straight away, all hell would have broken out.
AS per usual Ireland is dilly dallying. was working in a hospital that mainly looks after the elderly. Sunday Monday morning,closed to visitors,opened up Monday dinner time, only to close Tuesday evening & it wasn't a decision made in house. If it gets bad over here,this Country will go into meltdown,health service is sheite.