JonathanJo comments

The International Space Station is presumably still virus-free. But future launches to it may need extra care. Perhaps send up a few test-kits with the next cargo.

Do what the govs of Europe are doing now. Prepare for thousands of new cases per day, construct temporary hospitals, protect health workers, close non-essential shops, the list goes on.

S i t t i n g t o o c l o s e !

I saw people playing basketball. Keeping 2 metres apart, but passing the potentially virus-laden ball... Brilliant, not.

You're right Akie, and now I read there is a worldwide shortage of condoms. Better watch out for that spike, as you say.

Zichi

BRITS have more than £1billion worth of food stockpiled in their homes after panic buying over the coronavirus, enough for three weeks.

That is actually quite logical. The UK gov said if anyone in a house has symptoms, then no-one should go out for 14 days. Home deliveries are now impossible to arrange - I know someone who got the first available slot - it's in August!

I just hope to God that the world will be ready by summer 2021.

Hurry up with that antibody test so they can see how many are now immune.

A week's warning of impending disaster is a luxury. The Mexican dinosaurs had about 10 seconds, and that was only if they were looking upwards at the time.

Put the flame at the top of the Sky Tree for the duration, so everyone can see it from afar.

Postpone for 2 years to allow enough time for a vaccine to be developed and administered to 7 billion people.

If a person is infectious, whether they know it or not, if they are wearing a mask, I find it plausible that they will be emitting fewer viruses into the air around them, for others to inhale.

A pity. I haven't worn a neck-tie in years. Probably now can't do up the shirt's top button, either. :-)

Darn! So much for 4K.

The scale of the spreading coronavirus, which has infected more than 200,000 people and killed more than 8,700 across the world

10,000 now. :-(

I tried it once. Not to my taste. You're welcome to empty the shops of it.

The site https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ shows cases per million population. Interestingly, the highest densities of cases are in San Marino, the Vatican and the Faeros, whereas China is ranked 38th!!

Just shows that have to be careful how you use statistics.

It may be that the Japanese propensity for mask-wearing actually has slowed the virus' progress to some extent. However, the clock is ticking, and the number of detected cases is consistently increasing. Do NOT think this is just going to go away. Act NOW!

... and we haven't yet seen the same level of hoarding for more key items like canned foods 

I beg to differ.

I'd be more worried about all those people standing next to each other in the photo.

All these grounded planes. A small consolation is the CO2 not being emitted.

Burning Bush

I'd like to meet her.

All well and good, but will there be any left on the shelf when I visit the supermarket?

If the number of cases in Japan continues to grow at the rate it has done over the last 4 weeks (from 74 to 878 cases), then in mid-April it would rival today's count for Spain (over 10,000). If so, it should be clear enough to call off or postpone the Olympics.

In WW2, they had ration books. But that still didn't stop the black marketeers.

This is potentially very good news, in that it may mean that the 99% of Chinese whose covid status is unknown have in fact been exposed to it and developed immunity.

Hope so.

It's at times like this we could benefit from facial recognition cameras spotting the people who go in and out of supermarkets several times in order to circumvent the rationing at the checkouts.

The torch relay through Greece was cancelled because it was attracting crowds.

Australia's elderly were let in early to supermarkets on Tuesday

Only problem with that is that families will be sending their oldest members out to do the shopping.

Zichi - presume you mean 2022, not 2012, unless you have a large Tardis.