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Quarantine fiasco allowed 10,000 infected arrivals into the UK – Lockdown News

5 August 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Quarantine fiasco allowed 10,000 infected arrivals into the UK: A committee says the Government’s “inexplicable” decision to lift restrictions on about one million people who arrived in the UK contributed to the scale of the outbreak Credit: ANDY …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Schools must stay open ahead of pubs and shops, Children’s Commissioner says: In a major intervention, the Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield said children had been treated as an ‘after-thought’ in the first lockdown.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Lincolnshire: Latest news and coronavirus updates: Market traders in South Holland can apply for funding of up to £5,000 to help them cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Frequent traders on the markets in Spalding, Holbeach, Long Sutton …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook: Amidst all the panic over the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus Pandemic we need to also plan for what happens AFTERWARDS. This group is a platform to share some positive suggestions about what we personally, as business, community leaders and politicians can do to ensure a better life for all ONCE this pandemic has ended. Post your suggestions and advice freely and with a better, faster recovery in mind.
Source: AFTER COVID-19

More people depressed and anxious during lockdown: The first study of its kind, looking into how people have coped during the coronavirus lockdown, shows there have been significantly higher levels of mental health problems.
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

What do the latest coronavirus lockdown laws say?: People are also prohibited from meeting others from different households in areas outside the lockdown zone, such as at homes in nearby towns not subject to the rules. And people cannot meet in groups …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Scratchcard winners trade world tour for UK campervan trips due to lockdown: A couple who scooped a £1 million lottery scratchcard prize have been forced to trade in a world tour for campervan trips to Great Yarmouth and Harrogate. Andrew and Paula Hancock, who thanked their …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Colombia economic growth to recover to over 4% in 2021-central bank: The Andean country’s economy has suffered as low oil prices and a coronavirus lockdown have shuttered businesses and sent unemployment soaring. The central bank’s technical team places 2021 …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

Irish car sales down 14% in key month of July: Irish retail sales rose 3.5% year-on-year in June, data showed last week, the first annual increase since the coronavirus lockdown, as pent-up demand led to large increases in many categories …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

‘Our identity has been robbed’: life in Kashmir after a year of crisis: India revoked the Muslim-majority territory’s special semi-autonomous status and began a devastating crackdown …
Source: “Coronavirus Lockdown” – BingNews.

CLICK HERE to join the AFTER COVID-19 group on Facebook and tell us what you have planned for AFTER the Coronavirus Lockdown.

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This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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