Indian variant

Plus if course we can hug who we want.

So Monday in England thousands of venues including pubs will reopen. The vast percentage of young people turning up will have yet to be vaccinated. The Times today are leading with an article about bringing forward 10 million second vaccinations. Brewing up another perfect storm. You really don't need a crystal ball.

Sarnia

That's the risk the Government took when they gave travellers several days notice about flights from India and invited an Indian delegation to the G7 summit. Extremely risky and now the chickens are coming home to roost.

Quite!

Flights coming in from India should definitely have been stopped earlier! What on earth is going on, don't we ever learn from our previous mistakes?

I'm past caring now, as guidelines haven't been followed. I give up.

It’s like Groundhog Day isn’t it.

Rates here are low, but the percentage increase is worrying. Plus there's a high level of the Indian variant mixed in. Why were the government so slow to take the appropriate action with regards to travel restrictions? We are all familiar with the way this pans out.

Well maybe tidyskstemum will tell us. There's no obligation on her to do so of course, in which case we'll all have to make our own minds up.

I'd like to think so. It doesn't really read that way (to me), but as I say, it's so easy to accidentally say the wrong thing when typing in a hurry.

May have misinterpreted it of course.

Wasn’t Tidyskatemum just trying to say that some Indian people living in UK are in agreement with stopping their kin from entering the country instead of saying they haven’t seen their families for a year?( which someone used as a reason for relatives travelling to and from India)

I was just about to say the same, Alegrias.

I don't know if tidyskatemum intended her post to come across as it did - a lot can get lost in translation when we post quickly - but it is very offensive.

tidyskatemum

A woman of Indian origin in Blackburn was blaming Boris for not stopping people from coming back from India. Does nobody have any sense of personal responsibility?

Why is it relevant that the lady was of Indian origin?

The Over 18 vaccination programme in Blackburn has now been halted sadly.

I started a thread here on the 8th April when I noticed that New Zealand had suspended all flights from India asking why we weren't doing the same.
It took until the 23rd for India to be added to the red list (with lots of warnings beforehand letting people in). I am not surprised at all that the Indian variant is now looking 'concerning'!

Sarnia

That's the risk the Government took when they gave travellers several days notice about flights from India and invited an Indian delegation to the G7 summit. Extremely risky and now the chickens are coming home to roost.

Would that be the Indian delegates that tested positive for the virus by any chance? That didn’t even sneak in via Turkey but were invited here....

A woman of Indian origin in Blackburn was blaming Boris for not stopping people from coming back from India. Does nobody have any sense of personal responsibility?

We seem to be the only country allowing the germs in

EllanVannin

Close the damned airports and be done with---Australia won't allow anyone in.

I agree. Why is anyone allowed to fly in? Having been in one form of lockdown or another since October, I just want to be able to go out for coffee with a friend indoors. It’s not much to ask.

I can’t see my family in NZ at least till next year so why are we talking about and booking trips abroad? It’s so upsetting when we have done everything asked of us.

As an aside, my DD in NZ mentioned in passing that every shop she visits, she has to sign in with an app. Apparently in NZ they have track and trace well organised.

blue25

It’s spreading in London. The figures in Bromley don’t look good.

What are the figures in Bromley?

Close the damned airports and be done with---Australia won't allow anyone in.

It’s spreading in London. The figures in Bromley don’t look good.

lemongrove

It may well be that the towns with the Indian variant have to stay in lockdown a bit longer, or at least delay pubs and cafes opening if necessary.

Cant really see that would help people will just go to the next town not in lockdown

EllanVannin

A family member of the corner shop I go to had flown in from Sri Lanka at the beginning of last month. So far no new cases of anything----fingers crossed.

I think there are more cases here than in Sri Lanka although one case was detected there.

It may well be that the towns with the Indian variant have to stay in lockdown a bit longer, or at least delay pubs and cafes opening if necessary.