Coronavirus COVID-19

The third week of March 2020 has seen the government take increasingly drastic measures to suppress the COVID-19 virus from transmitting person to person amongst the general population. Measures have gone from advice to ordering people to avoid social gatherings and the pub and restaurants, travel only when necessary on public transport and to work from home where possible. Schools are closed now until further notice except for the children of keyworkers and those who are classed as vulnerable. While the majority who get the disease will get it in a mild form, not everyone will. This is the dangerous thing and those who have less ability to get over it will succumb and go downhill rapidly.
These orders have increased the sense of panic in the population and shoppers are stripping the supermarkets of food and other essentials.  I couldn't even buy bread on Tuesday night, even before the more stringent orders were issued. It is market day today in town and the fruit and vegetable stall had long queues either side of it. I've never seen it like this in my lifetime.