So, fast forward to Friday 23rd March 2020 and all the schools have closed their gates at 3.30pm for the foreseeable future. The government announced though that schools will be opening to keyworker children. Who are the key workers? They’re the NHS, supermarket staff, police, fire, GPs, careworkers, water supply staff, gas and electric staff, government staff – basically anytime we need to keep daily life running during this unprecedented times.

During the past week, it’s become a daily routine to listen to the prime minister at 5pm delivering his daily briefing to the nation. This alone shows that something huge is going on here and we’re just at the beginning. What will life become?

Today’s 5pm daily briefing has instructed from midnight on the 23rd March, all pubs and restaurants are to close their doors to the public. They can offer take away services only. Huge chains such as Macdonalds, KFC, Nandos all closed.

So to sum up this week, the schools are closed indefinitely, the pubs and restaurants are closed indefinitely. This is definitely not decisions that are being taken lightly.

The death toll has risen by 54 to a total of 335 people here in the UK – dated 23.03.20.