Is your home country locked down?

Good luck with the Kenyan president's speech that will soon happen. I guess he will talk about more measures to curb the virus.

I am not sure lockdowns actually help. I believed it would. But I never bargained for defiance.

@maximax8 yeah, we are really waiting to hear if a lockdown will be included.

It is wonderful Serbia is open at the moment.

@maximax8 Yes, but I don’t know how good it is, because the numbers are growing every day.

@Nevena83 You are right the numbers are increasing every day. At my children's school there is a year 11 girl or boy that has coronavirus. The school sent home all the girls and boys from that year group. They must stay at home for 14 days.

Vanny I heard on a financial expert's video that British people can freeze their credit card debts and mortgage. The person can phone their lender to ask. Social distancing is challenging for children. It is meant to be 2 meters.

@vandana7 Thank you Vanny for your excellent response to my discussion. The government of the UK sent banks letters to ask how they would feel about negative interest rates. If that happened I would close most bank accounts I own. Amazon is a huge company and a person said buy from small local shops.

Hi Anna. Good luck to your home country then.

@LadyDuck Yes, Italy has had problems with coronavirus. I heard Tom Cruise is in Venice making a new movie. You live so near to Italy. A few years ago we did a trip to Switzerland and Italy in the snowy winter.

@maximax8 Italy (that is 5 Km from where I live) is in lockdown from tomorrow.

Hanni Herel. It is so awful your home country has been locked down since September 18th. Hopefully life will soon go back to normal.

@Hannihar I went to school for my disabled son and we were both wearing masks. This coronavirus is very seriously and it isn't easy to get everyone to behave. The government gets annoyed when people meet with a lot of others. I wonder when coronavirus will end.

@maximax8 I doubt that it will. The problem is that we are supposed to wear masks and social distance and our Prime Minister expresses that fact, but, to get the people to see the seriousness of this situation is another matter. There are those that do the right thing and those that do not and I really do not know how we can go back to normal with those not doing the right thing.

Hello Jdbc. I see that you have experienced lockdowns before. I am glad the restrictions are becoming more relaxed. I must buy some more masks.

@jdbces I must remember to put on a mask however small the shop is. I nearly forgot when I went in a small petrol service station. There is a large mall close to the wheelchair center. Other malls are in the center of Bristol. Next week I will buy more masks.

@maximax8 Yes, it is better with the masks on. Here, if you enter some premises like malls or groceries, they would also require face shield. Stay safe!

@maximax8 Me too!

@maximax8 That is very true!.

I see that some places in the USA have lockdown and others don't.

I see some areas have more coronavirus than the village that you live in. It looks like the authorities are helping the people stay safe. You can't travel to other areas in Malaysia so that is a bit of a challenge.

@prinzcy Today I took my disabled son to school. Both of us had masks on due to the new law.

@maximax8 we just need to be patient, waiting for cases to lower down in the affected area. It's not that bad.

Rufu I am pleased that your city is not on lockdown. However you are right that it is a challenge to visit other places in the Philippines. Here people have fireworks and my dogs bark at them.

@maximax8 Personally, I want to visit my younger sister and her family. In the meantime, my family and I need to stay put in my city.

@xFiacre I would like to visit the Giant Causeway one day. Yes, I can't imagine when I will go abroad again. Yesterday my daughter mentioned a little yellow house we stayed in. We have such happy memories.

Fiacre Banks I wish we could come over to Belfast. Sorry about the Republic of Ireland though. I have booked a UK holiday for next year. Going abroad is so uncertain at the moment.

@maximax8 We won’t be wandering far either. Our littlest is particularly at risk if she gets any respiratory problems. But usually just head to Donegal if we can’t go anywhere on a plane.

Hi Carol DM. Hopefully 2021 will be an excellent year. I think the rest of 2020 will be challenging with all the coronavirus. A student in year 11 has this.

@maximax8 Hope so as well.

Eric Tsuma it is very sensible of the Kenyan government to have a lockdown if the cases get any higher.

@maximax8 yes it is my friend, our health is very important than anything else. Have a nice day

@erictsuma The best things to have in life are good health, good luck and happiness. Have a lovely day my friend.

Clint Perry. It is lovely that your state of Oregon is not in a lockdown. I wonder which result the USA election will have. I heard the people talk about it on the radio while taking my son to school.

@cperry2 Yes, Joe Biden won the USA''s election so I hope that makes you feel happy. I hope that he will be an excellent president for the USA.

@maximax8 I suspect we will have a winner declared today. The state of Nevada should report in around noon Eastern Time and if they go to Biden, it could be enough to edge him over the magic 270 number. (This has to do with the electoral college, unfortunately, the way America chooses a president.) But with all the lawsuits, this could drag out for several more weeks anyway. No one gives any credibility that these legal actions will change anything but they are happening anyway. In my opinion, they are the acts of a desperate man who knows he has lost. But this election isn't finished until it is so who is to say, how it will finally resolve?

I feel that lockdown is necessary to save people's lives. I heard a man talk about how his wife caught coronavirus. Her chest went into severe pain and she had breathing difficulties. That sounds really horrible. Nobody deserves that do they. I see your home country has a partial lockdown. Thanks for your lovely response.

@cool83 I don't think the vaccine will come very quickly. Maybe sometime next year. I feel quite run down at the moment. So I hope I won't catch Covid-19.

@maximax8 Thank you very much for the response , Yeah , COVID-19 is really dangerous virus , so we have to protect that very much , Hopefully vaccine will help to prevent that , do you think vaccine will come quickly ??

I also home your home country doesn't go into a lockdown.

John Welford. I know you have had lots of coronavirus in Leicestershire. Sorry your trip to Herefordshire is cancelled. One of the places I love is the Tropical Bird Park at Desford.

I think that 2021 might be the start of a more positive year if these lockdowns work.

Hello M. I am having emails to say non essential shops are closing. Yes, people usually sit close together in a theater. Therefore it is better if they stay closed. If eating out the tables must have plenty of space around them.

Hello Anne GS. Yes, it is so sad that coronavirus continues. I wish it is gone by 2021. Please keep safe and well.

@maximax8 yes right :-) keep spirit for you son :-)