Day 1 Lockdown. The lockdown began at midday today. Public transport is still running but we have to get on the buses at the back door and the driver is cordoned off. Same with trains – can‘t use the main entrance of the station, I‘m climbing up through an underground passage. It feels like a war – every so often a louspeaker comes on advising on Covid19 rules. I have my declaration of legitimate outing in my pocket along with a letter from my employer saying I that I have to be on site. This is to avoid being fined if the police stop me for walking around. At work my team thankfully turned up like the troopers they are. So I have spent the day putting in more safety measures for them and being really supportive so that we can meet the massive demand of online orders. Most people are in good spirits, but quiet. The streets are quiet. I won‘t be seeing my man for a long time who is in another country. Or even my friends around here. All face to face contact is banned, everyone has to remain minimum 1m away from each other. Every time I set foot outside I have to sign and bring a declaration with me that sets out the purpose of my outing – I have one of 5 choices: shopping for essentials (I have decided to include wine in this), work, individual physical activity, health, or care of vulnerable family (not possible). This is all for a minimum of two weeks. No travel outside the country for at least a month – unless a citizen, you aren‘t allowed back in. So here‘s to Netflix, patting the cat, Amazon Prime, Youtube, books and whatsapp video calling.
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