Coronavirus: Cover faces in some public areas, people in England told

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52620556.

(Sorry if it's already posted.)

Been watching PM answering questions in the House live. He is struggling somewhat to answer apart from the  friendly set up ones. He has got quite flustered a couple of times. I think one of the problems is he can't use his usual cheeky chap jokey routine on this subject. The one he is clearly lying about and not answering is the fact that he did not discuss the new measures with the devolved governments. His only answer was to keep saying that they could make their own decisions because they have different R values. But surely they are lower in many of the devolved regions so why would they make them stricter than England?

According to the latest stats, Scotland and Wales have a higher infection rate per capita than England at the moment (especially Wales).

Northern Ireland is doing best, so I am not sure why they are holding back.

CV-19 is no longer an epidemic in UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/

There is a spelling/typo mistake. 

CV-19 is no longer an epidemic in UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/

Yes, and the last three months shows us it will be an epidemic again if we relax too many measures.  But by all means imply this is all a fuss over nothing as you usually do. 

Been watching PM answering questions in the House live. He is struggling somewhat to answer apart from the  friendly set up ones. He has got quite flustered a couple of times. I think one of the problems is he can't use his usual cheeky chap jokey routine on this subject. The one he is clearly lying about and not answering is the fact that he did not discuss the new measures with the devolved governments. His only answer was to keep saying that they could make their own decisions because they have different R values. But surely they are lower in many of the devolved regions so why would they make them stricter than England?

edit: Just said we are currently getting "billions of pieces of PPE to where they are needed". Billions? Honestly?

TBH I have turned it over and watching Tipping Point. Been doing that for a while with updates and announcements as you get the important headlines later. Better for the mental wellbeing having a break from this surreal nightmare.

 

According to the latest stats, Scotland and Wales have a higher infection rate per capita than England at the moment (especially Wales).

Northern Ireland is doing best, so I am not sure why they are holding back.

Fair comment then for Scotland but surely he should have consulted?

">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/

Yes, and the last three months shows us it will be an epidemic again if we relax too many measures.  But by all means imply this is all a fuss over nothing as you usually do. 

four probably thinks that something like 30-50% of our population has been infected, so we are very close to immunity, which will be eternal and will protect us from all future pathogens too.

CV-19 is no longer an epidemic in UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/

Interestingly it includes this nugget:

Separate work at the Government's Porton Down laboratories to find out how many people have had the virus and recovered is ongoing.

CV-19 is no longer an epidemic in UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/

Can you play doubles Tennis btw

 

  Yes, if three of you are from the same household!  

Then the fourth player would be breaking social distancing rules by meeting three others 

While cases have gone down a lot there are still pockets of infections persisting.

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data.

Too early to start lifting the lockdown IMO. Certainly, I think everyone should err on the side of caution.

While cases have gone down a lot there are still pockets of infections persisting.

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data.

Too early to start lifting the lockdown IMO. Certainly, I think everyone should err on the side of caution.

 

If you look at the graph of estimated number of infections, you can see that for the first time since 1st April, the total ticked up when comparing today with yesterday.

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time

Maybe it's just an anomaly (I also notice that the number of contributors has suddenly surged from about 3 million to 3.5 million in a day, so that might have an effect), but the pessimist might say that it's the onset of symptoms after VE Day.

Regional data for new cases today in England

The 7 English regions 

• London +62 (0.2%) 25,891


• Midlands + 186 (0.8%) 22,688


• North West +168 (0.7%) 22,510


• North East and Yorkshire +202 (0.9%) 21,410


• South East +107 (0.6%) 19,344


• East of England +94 (0.8%) 12,295


• South West +38 (0.5%) 7,044

The 10 local areas with the highest cases

1. Kent +50 (1.2%) 4,191


2. Lancashire +26 (0.8%) 3,167


3. Birmingham +22 (0.7%) 3,125


4. Hampshire +11 (0.4%) 3,032


5. Essex +33 (1.1%) 2,907


6. Surrey +4 (0.1%) 2,759


7. Hertfordshire +14 (0.5%) 2,603


8. Sheffield +22 (0.9%) 2,376


9. Cumbria +11 (0.5%) 2,115


10. Staffordshire +18 (0.9%) 1,979

The 10 local areas with the lowest cases

1. Rutland +1 (3.8%) 26


2. North East Lincolnshire +1 (0.7%) 140


3. Isle of Wight -1 (154)


4. Torbay 210 - No change


5. Bath and North East Somerset +1 (0.4%) 223


6. Bracknell Forest +1 (0.4%) 231


7. Hartlepool 231 - No change


8. Windsor and Maidenhead +1 (0.4%) 274


9. Calderdale 274 - No change


10. Peterborough 295 - No change

UK data

• Total tests - 100,490


• People tested - 65,337


• Positive tests - 3,877


• All setting deaths - 210 (goes against NHS England data of 209 I sense a mess up again)

Confirmed rate for positive tests has fallen to 5.93%

CV-19 is no longer an epidemic in UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/11/coronavirus-no-longer-epidemic-uk-oxford-study-finds-cases-falling/

My Zoe app says 240,000 from 3 million members. But both falling and not as distant as they seem in the scope of all of the stats.

  Yes, if three of you are from the same household!  

I'm afraid not. It said either from your household or one other. This is a lot clearer than some are saying 

 

If you look at the graph of estimated number of infections, you can see that for the first time since 1st April, the total ticked up when comparing today with yesterday.

https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time

Maybe it's just an anomaly (I also notice that the number of contributors has suddenly surged from about 3 million to 3.5 million in a day, so that might have an effect), but the pessimist might say that it's the onset of symptoms after VE Day.

Hopefully a blip as yesterday dropped slightly faster than previous days. A correction maybe. Two days would be too soon for VE Day to show I would have thought.

 

 

Confirmed rate for positive tests has fallen to 5.93%

You posted a link earlier today to an article suggesting test results are still taking an age to come back. I appreciate the calculation but it's meaningless given our testing structure?

 

Then the fourth player would be breaking social distancing rules by meeting three others