Life in England

News from London, England  
Since the day, Covid-19 entered England the government has urged the public to stay at home. Around two and half weeks ago all schools in England were shut due to the virus,  however before this happened, my school closed to have a deep clean as a student and teacher showed symptoms of the virus. We now do our lessons on-line. Our prime minster then announced to the country that he was putting England on lockdown which meant that only people working in essential services were allowed to go to work and so all non essential shops and businesses closed. Most people are working from home. We cannot leave our house except to get essential supplies from the supermarket or medicene and only one member of our family is allowed to do this. We are allowed to exercise once a day with members of the family. Meaning that I cannot see my friends or other members of my family instead we facetime or instagram regularly.

To pass time I have gone on dog walks with my dog Clemmie - we are only allowed to walk in the local area and she has to stay on a lead.  I have tie-dyed T-shirts, read books, watched some Netflix and done schoolwork and homework that our teachers have set us. We cannot visit relatives and they cannot come to our house and when we do go outside we have to keep 2 metres away from any other people. Last night, on the news we found out that our Prime Minster, Boris Johnson is in hospital in intensive care with the coronavirus. Finally, every Thursday night everybody in England goes outside their houses to clap for the NHS (the UK's National Health System) to thank them for treating people whilst putting their own lives at risk.