Starting this as a collection of ideas of things to do if you're self-isolating or just social distancing.

Suggestions gratefully received! by email or contact form

• How to avoid catching and spreading coronavirus (social distancing)

  Everyone should do what they can to stop coronavirus spreading.

  Do

• wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds

• always wash your hands when you get home or into work  read more »

CORONAVIRUS AND THE ANGARRACK COMMUNITY

The coronavirus has taken a massive step forward today and the effect on our
community is as yet unknown.   We do not need to panic however it's inevitable that it
will affect some/all of us over the coming months. This could be a single person living
alone or whole families who have to self-isolate for anything between 7 and 14 days

So what can we do;-

There are people in the village who are more than happy to collect prescriptions, get provisions etc. if needed.

If you require assistance either use the numbers on the note dropped round the village  read more »

Real-time evidence of flattening the curve. Lodi had the first Covid-19 case in Italy, and implemented a shutdown on Feb 23. Bergamo waited until March 8. Look at the difference. Incredible research by  read more »

"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

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 »

Starting this as a collection of ideas of how to help

Suggestions gratefully received! by email or contact form

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 »