Covid 19.

[Sandy]

After almost 5 weeks at level 4 we dropped to level 3 overnight last night, so most businesses will now be open, a few may be doing online trade or deliveries if they feel they can't do the social distancing by letting the public instore..

The last updates on Covid 19 cases I posted on friday have increased slightly as of 1.00 p.m. yesterday, we then had 1,480 cases and 1,090 had recovered, sadly there was 3 more deaths between last friday and yesterday,(monday,) the total is now 19 deaths nationwide, apparently the youngest death was 71 years old, in all cases the deaths had underlying health problems and were all elderly..

Now we're on level 3 most businesses will reopen, some may decide to do online business or deliveries if they feel letting folk into their shops may see them not able to keep a 2 metre social distancing for customers, business staff will have to keep at least 1 metre apart while working..

Schools will reopen tomorrow, but only for those kids whose parents both work and there's no guardian at home, if a parent or guardian is home the kids stay home and get their education online..

At this stage it looks like we may only be on level 3 for 2 weeks, that's to be confirmed though, the government will meet in 2 weeks to decide either way, so we could stay at level 3 if the new case numbers don't drop further, here's hoping that in 2 weeks we have no new cases to report..