Covid 19 C&P

Meanwhile in the UK.

British PM Boris Johnson called for a “spirit of togetherness” as he announced new restrictions on life in the UK in the hopes of stopping a new spike in cases there. The new rules could last for six months, he said Tuesday, in what the AP called “a speech with deliberate echoes of World War II communal spirit.”


He said that if the new curbs did not slow the outbreak, “we reserve the right to deploy greater firepower, with significantly greater restrictions.”
Johnson’s government has faced a barrage of criticism over its handling of the pandemic, notably over big problems in the testing regime.


It has also been criticized over its perceived mixed messaging and sudden lurches in policy.
Just last month it was encouraging people back to pubs and restaurants with a discount scheme. Only weeks ago, Johnson was encouraging workers to go back into offices to keep city centers from becoming ghost towns, and had even expressed hope that society could return to normal by Christmas.

UK'''s Johnson urges '''spirit of togetherness''' to combat virus

COVID forces the Queen out of London.

Buckingham Palace shuts up shop as virus sends Queen to Windsor

Britain's 'cavalier ' approach to COVID . Keep Calm and Carry On may not work in a pandemic.
Every morning, I take my children to school on the public bus, where the 14-passenger limit is routinely breached along with face mask rules. We angle for a spot near an open window.
At our international school, the children must wear masks. But as I walk home through the leafy streets, I see children and parents chatting jovially without masks as they await the opening of their school gates. They look like people lining up to board the Titanic.

Beyond the obvious ways that this cavalier behavior is disconcerting, it has enhanced a widely shared sense that Britain — famously rule-abiding — is now operating without adult supervision. Public confidence has plummeted, with more than half of respondents in a recent survey declaring the government has botched its handling of the pandemic, up from 39 percent in May.


‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ May Not Work in a Time of Pandemic - The New York Times

Victoria's virus roadmap target in doubt.

Nine more cases as Melbourne schoolkids cleared to return to classrooms

In the USA, the Joint Chiefs are in isolation after the Coast Guard Vice Commandant tests positive.


But the sudden quarantine of almost all of the nation’s top military officers underscored the extent to which the White House itself became a superspreader location, and elevated worst-case scenario fears of a national security apparatus hollowed of senior leaders by a virus that observes no distinction between ranks.


Joint Chiefs In Isolation After Coast Guard Vice Commandant Tests Positive For COVID - Defense One

NSW has three " mystery " cases, none related.
On Wednesday, Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles said NSW must trace the source of the new cases by Thursday night or the timer to reopen the border would be set back to zero.

NSW mystery infections throw border plans into jeopardy

Interstate people are abandoning Victoria and moving to Qld to escape Covid.

Queensland schools in demand with families fleeing coronavirus-hit states
Queensland schools in demand with families fleeing coronavirus-hit states - ABC News

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Interstate people are abandoning Victoria and moving to Qld to escape Covid.

Queensland schools in demand with families fleeing coronavirus-hit states
Queensland schools in demand with families fleeing coronavirus-hit states - ABC News

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Bit different from the story from the haters. Good luck to them.

"You didn't know when you got to the border what was going to happen, but everything worked — the police there were great," he said.
The family spent one night in hotel quarantine in Toowoomba and the rest of the mandated two weeks on the Sunshine Coast.

• The Mulder family left regional Victoria for a coastal town where COVID-19 restrictions had eased
• Schools on the Sunshine Coast say inquiries from southern states have spiked
• The Education Department says it will have a better idea of the scale of the trend after school begins next year

Business likes NZ's 'go hard, go early', response.
New Zealand's Covid-19 response the best in the world, say global business leaders | New Zealand | The Guardian

Europe's economic recovery is a summer memory.

Europe’s Economic Recovery Is a Summer Memory - The New York Times