Coronavirus in the UK

[Cleoriff]

The BBC have announced that two patients in the UK have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

No further details have been given other than they are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51325192

At present, 83 Britons and 27 foreign nationals are flying back to the UK from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.

The flight is due to land at RAF Brize Norton at 13:30 GMT.

The UK passengers will then be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral and quarantined for two weeks.

[pgn]

Well, what a surprise - all for the want of a name on a test sample. 

They won't control the movement of people at airports, this is what happens 😳😖

ITV: https://bit.ly/3sAN4lX

Sky: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-new-brazil-covid-variant-of-concern-discovered-in-uk-health-offi...

[jonsie]

I and many so called medical experts have been calling for airports to be closed for many months now

Other countries have controlled their airports but passengers here just stroll through without the necessary quarantine as ordered by the chief head-scratching buffoons in charge of this country

Never mind, soon be time for herd immunity when schools go back in a weeks time!

[Cleoriff]

How the hell have people been allowed to fly to and from Brazil? Which airline was flying in and out of that country? The Brazil variant has been known here for months.

How convenient that these people didn't require quarantine as it came in after they had returned.

Damn ridiculous that as an island, we have never controlled our borders!

[TallTrees]

Yeh @Cleoriff totally unacceptable...we are all locked down .. no wonder people are just plain *bleep* off ....just not right or fair to NHS or Brits.

[pgn]

Interesting podcast - no pics, just chat... 

https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/march-of-the-mutants/

[pgn]

The Scent of Money (un)well Spent? 🤯

[Cleoriff]

I knew we had wasted millions @pgn but seeing it in 'picture format' is shocking. (Every picture tells a story!!)

No wonder they can't afford to give NHS staff more than 1% rise.

[pgn]

Shocking.  It's what happens when a fox is put in charge of a henhouse, @Cleoriff ...

[jonsie]

My thoughts are unprintable on here!

[pgn]

As I wait for... 66 minutes to pass on the NI Covid-19 vaccination website, which opened for me and Mrs pgn's age bracket earlier, I thought I would share this item about the hiccup with AZ from Norway that has put Irish vaccinations on hold over the weekend.

62mins to go, and yes, it will be AZ here I guess.

• There's no proof the Oxford vaccine causes blood clots. So why are people worried? | David Spiegelhalter https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/15/evidence-oxford-vaccine-blood-clots-data-causa...