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Urgent Message from Italy...


If you'e still hanging with friends, going to restaurants/bars, and acting like this isn't a big deal, get your shit together.


The following thread is taken from an Italian citizen.


As they put it:


"To the rest of the world, you have no idea what's coming."


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Coronavirus/COVID-19 on surfaces

"Viable HCoV-19.. detected:  in aerosols up to 3 hours  up to 4 hours on copper  up to 24 hours on cardboard  up to 2-3 days on plastic & stainless steel  Median half-life estimate around 13 hours on steel & around 16 hours on polypropylene" #coronavirus

"Viable HCoV-19.. detected:
 in aerosols up to 3 hours
 up to 4 hours on copper
 up to 24 hours on cardboard
 up to 2-3 days on plastic & stainless steel
Median half-life estimate around 13 hours on steel & around 16 hours on polypropylene" #coronavirus

via https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217v1.full.pdf

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200309 | £150m offshore wind plans for Cornwall

£150m offshore wind plans for Cornwall

£150m offshore wind plans for Cornwall

Published by the Pirate FM News Team at 4:21pm 9th March 2020. (Updated at 7:27am 10th March 2020)

By Richard Whitehouse, Local Democracy Reporter  read more »

Food deliveries to Hayle area Updated | 13 April 21

A number of companies are delivering food/meals to the door- most require several hours notice, in some cases 24 hours - check carefully!!  read more »

200219 | Shipwrecked by banks: Seaside towns, St Ives and Hayle rely on cash; branch and ATM closures left them high and dry

Shipwrecked by the banks: Like so many seaside towns, St Ives and Hayle rely on cash to keep afloat. Now, branch and ATM closures have left them high and dry

  • Bank branches are shutting at a rate of 55 a month across the UK
  • Lloyds will close its branch in Hayle, Cornwall, leaving the town without a bank
  • Shopkeepers fear tourists will go elsewhere, while the elderly face long journeys

By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail

Updated: 04:08 EDT, 19 February 2020

 

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Ideas for how to help

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200228 | Cornwall hospitals to come out of special measures?

Cornwall hospitals to come out of special measures?

Cornwall hospitals to come out of special measures?

Published by Emma Carton at 3:14pm 26th February 2020. (Updated at 3:21pm 26th February 2020)  read more »