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<ul><li>“People will certainly show signs of emotional distress, anxiety and social isolation,” said Nimesh G Desai, Psychiatrist &amp; Director at IHBAS in Delhi. </li><li>He also said that had such a situation arose a decade ago, it would have been even more difficult but thanks to social media and the Internet that people can spend their time easily by watching films and reading e-books. </li></ul>The nationwide three-week lockdown announced by Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> on Tuesday incited panic among the citizens but experts feel that there might be behavioural changes in the people. Speaking to IANS, Dr Nimesh G Desai, Psychiatrist &amp; Director, Institute of Human Behaviour &amp; Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in Delhi said: "This is an abnormal situation which has never been before. Therefore, some abnormal behaviour of people has to be considered as normal. People will certainly show signs of emotional distress, anxiety and social isolation, but do we have choice? Others need to understand and should not react to their abnormal behaviour. Most vulnerable will be children, elderly people and people already having mental ailments. They may show restlessness. To lessen its impact, this is the time to follow one's creative urge. Reason and logic have to take a back seat only one thing has to be followed- be in your homes and stay safe." He also said that had such situation arose a decade ago, it would have been even more difficult but thanks to social media and the Internet that people can spend their time easily by watching films and reading e-books. Of course the time is challenging. Dr. Roma Kumar, Senior Consultant and Clinical Psychologist at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital told IANS: "The most common emotional and behavioural reaction at this time will be anxiety and panic about worst possible outcomes. People may feel like worrying, shocked and sleepless about complete uncertain future. They may go through prolonged boredom and loneliness. They may develop hypochondriacal fear regarding cough, sore throat and fever and hoard PPE and other survival items, even in the long run." She said: "Primary prevention and early intervention can help everyone. We need to practice mental wellness. It's time for self love, self expression, building self esteem, accepting, trusting and forgiving oneself, and self empowerment." She advised people to express their feelings. "People may also suffer in their relationships. This may lead to emotional manipulation in some cases. Build a community and engage with them, your friends, partners or whoever is there for you, Talk to them. Use the power of internet and connectivity," said Kumar.

Sleeplessness, fear and panic can grip people during lockdown say experts

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="6354868" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="UK">UK</keyword> government imposed harsher restrictions on millions of people this weekend, warning of a mutated <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> strain that appears to infect people more easily.</li><li>Multiple countries also moved quickly to block travel from the UK, expressing concern over the new strain.</li><li>The government <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-should-we-be-worried-about-the-new-coronavirus-mutation-12161566">said</a> the new strain could increase the country's R number by 0.4 and suggested that the strain was behind 59% of new cases in eastern England and 62% of new cases in London.</li><li>Experts say the situation is worrying and needs to be closely monitored, but they added that this strain didn't appear to be deadlier.</li><li>They also say it's likely that vaccines will still be effective against the new strain.</li></ul>The UK said it discovered a new, potentially more transmissible strain of the novel coronavirus, prompting the government to put millions of people under stricter lockdown measures for Christmas and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-multiple-countries-close-borders-uk-fearing-new-strain-2020-12">a host of countries to block travel from the UK</a>.Matt Hancock, the UK's health minister, said a new variant of the virus that <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55388846">might be up to 70% more transmissible</a> was "getting out of control."<div type="image" title="Matt Hancock" height="1000" width="1500" msid="79843997" hostid="261"></div>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also announced on Saturday that about 16 million people would be put under a new, stricter lockdown across southeastern England, including London.Soon after, a host of countries blocked travel from the UK. Some also decided to ban freight, which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/frances-covid-freight-ban-to-have-devastating-effect-on-uk-sector-warns">could seriously harm the UK supply chain</a>.Viruses are typically expected to mutate, and the variants aren't necessarily more harmful - they do not necessarily increase the risk to humans or threaten vaccines' effectiveness.<div type="image" title="uk coronavirus" height="1333" width="2000" msid="79844001" hostid="261"></div>With this latest development, experts are urging calm and cautioning that more evidence needs to be gathered to figure out exactly what's going on and what the new risks might be.<h2>What we know</h2>Hancock said that this strain, named B.1.1.7, appeared to be more transmissible than other mutations of the virus and that it appeared to have spread much faster across parts of England.Johnson also <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-should-we-be-worried-about-the-new-coronavirus-mutation-12161566">said</a> that the new strain could increase the country's R number by 0.4. R is the average number of people who one infected person passes the virus to. An increase of 0.4 could determine whether an outbreak is contained or spreading rapidly.The government's figures <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-should-we-be-worried-about-the-new-coronavirus-mutation-12161566">suggested</a> the new strain was behind 59% of new cases in eastern England and 62% of the new cases in London as of December 9, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-variant-detai-idUSL8N2IZ0H7">compared with</a> 28% in London three weeks earlier.The World Health Organization said the new variant had already been seen in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Australia - meaning other countries' efforts to seal off the UK may be of little benefit.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coronavirus-strain-uk-spread-experts-unsure-2020-12">As Insider previously reported</a>, the new variant includes a mutation in the virus' spike protein, which is what the virus uses to invade the body's cells. This means it might be easier for the virus to infect people.The new variant appears to have developed 23 mutations, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-variant-detai-idUSL8N2IZ0H7">UK health authorities said</a>.<div type="image" title="FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS" height="2250" width="3375" msid="79844004" hostid="261"></div><h2>Previous lockdowns were insufficient</h2><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/mutant-coronavirus-united-kingdom-sets-alarms-its-importance-remains-unclear">According to Science magazine</a>, scientists believe the new strain could have emerged in a patient who was infected for a long time, allowing the virus to mutate in their body.Susan Hopkins, the head of Public Health England, <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-should-we-be-worried-about-the-new-coronavirus-mutation-12161566">said</a> that the strain was first found in a coronavirus patient in September but that it didn't cause alarm because mutations of the virus were expected.But then cases rose rapidly in some areas despite lockdown measures.This graph shows how fast cases were rising in the areas where the new strain was most prevalent, compared with the rest of the UK, as of Saturday:<div type="image" title="uk new coronavirus strain" height="676" width="1200" msid="79844006" hostid="261"></div>Over the weekend, Johnson <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/overcrowded-hospitals-exhausted-staff-and-a-new-threat-why-boris-johnson-had-to-act">said</a> he had been confused about why existing restrictions weren't slowing the virus' spread in Kent, a county in southeastern England where the new strain is thought to have emerged."It's not until yesterday, when we have seen this data on transmissibility, that we really got the answer that explains it," he said.<h2>Experts are urging calm</h2>Hancock said that while there wasn't any evidence that the strain was deadlier or more resistant to vaccines, it did seem to be "growing faster than the existing variants."Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55388846">said</a> the strain could be 70% more transmissible - a figure <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3CT9N89L-c&amp;feature=youtu.beu.be">given</a> by Erik Volz from Imperial College London. Volz said that the situation needed to be monitored but that "it is really too early to tell."<div type="image" title="coronavirus cases uk" height="2295" width="3000" msid="79844013" hostid="261"></div>Many experts are urging caution.Christian Drosten, a virologist at Charité University Hospital in Berlin, <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/mutant-coronavirus-united-kingdom-sets-alarms-its-importance-remains-unclear">told Science</a> the UK government should not have cited the 70% figure. "There are too many unknowns to say something like that," Drosten said."The amount of evidence in the public domain is woefully inadequate to draw strong or firm opinions on whether the virus has truly increased transmission," Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55388846">told the BBC</a>.Muge Cevik, a scientific advisor to the British government, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/coronavirus-britain-variant.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">noted to The New York Times</a> that the 70% figure hadn't been confirmed in lab experiments, adding that the faster spread could be at least partially explained by people acting differently.Alan McNally, a professor of genomics at the University of Birmingham, <a href="https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-the-new-variant-of-sars-cov-2/">said in a statement to the UK's Science Media Centre</a> that "it's too early to be worried or not by this new variant.""It is important to keep a calm and rational perspective on the strain as this is normal virus evolution and we expect new variants to come and go and emerge over time," he said.<div type="image" title="Boris Johnson" height="774" width="1200" msid="79844015" hostid="261"></div>But some experts said that taking big steps now instead of waiting for more information is the right call in case the new strain does pose a new risk."Laboratory experiments are required, but do you want to wait weeks or months [to see the results and take action to limit the spread]? Probably not in these circumstances," Nick Loman, a professor with the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55388846">told the BBC</a>.<h2>It doesn't seem deadlier</h2>UK officials <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55382212">have said</a> there's no evidence to suggest that the new variant is deadlier, though scientists in the UK and WHO are studying it.Experts agreed.Wendy Barclay, the head of the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-coronavirus-strain-uk-spread-experts-unsure-2020-12">said earlier this month</a> - before new data about transmission came out - that "there is no evidence that the newly reported variant results in a more severe disease."But Andrew Hayward, a professor of infectious-disease epidemiology at University College London and a member of the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/fast-spreading-covid-variant-in-england-uk">told The Guardian</a> that if it has a greater ability to infect people, the virus is already deadlier."I think we already have enough information to know that this variant has the potential to cause a major further epidemic, worse than we had previously predicted," he said.All viruses mutate over time, and this isn't the first discovered variant of this virus.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55388846">As the BBC noted</a>, the virus strain now seen in most parts of the world isn't the same as the one that was first detected in Wuhan, China.Some experts have said that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/fast-spreading-covid-variant-in-england-uk">more than 4,000 mutations</a> of the novel coronavirus have emerged but that the vast majority are insignificant in terms of how they affect humans and how we can fight them.<h2>Vaccines will likely still work</h2>Patrick Vallance, the UK government's chief scientific advisor, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/overcrowded-hospitals-exhausted-staff-and-a-new-threat-why-boris-johnson-had-to-act">said on Saturday</a> that "our working assumption, from all of the scientists, is that the vaccine response should be adequate for this virus."Experts also said that while this mutation is unlikely to hinder the effectiveness of vaccines, more studies are needed.<div type="image" title="vaccine rollout in Uk Scotland coronavirus" height="1333" width="2000" msid="79844017" hostid="261"></div>Many added that it would take years of evolution for the virus to reach a stage where vaccines aren't effective.Jesse Bloom, an evolutionary biologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/health/coronavirus-britain-variant.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">told The Times</a> that "no one should worry that there is going to be a single catastrophic mutation that suddenly renders all immunity and antibodies useless.""It is going to be a process that occurs over the time scale of multiple years and requires the accumulation of multiple viral mutations," he said. "It's not going to be like an on-off switch."Ravi Gupta, a clinical microbiologist at the University of Cambridge, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55388846">told the BBC</a> that if the virus is allowed to keep spreading, new variants could bring it closer to the point where it has mutated too much for vaccines to work."If we let it add more mutations," Gupta said, "then you start worrying."

A new coronavirus strain surging to dominance in the UK appears to spread faster despite lockdowns, prompting panic and a wave of border closures

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11892748" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="china" source="Orion">China</keyword> is six weeks out from the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Games, but several of its cities are in <keyword id="91743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lockdown" source="Orion">lockdown</keyword>.</li><li>The southern city of Dongxing, home to 200,000, was locked down on Wednesday. </li></ul>Six weeks from the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is moving into panic mode and locking down whole cities over a single <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> case. One such instance this week was the southern Chinese city of Dongxing, which <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/22/china-covid-border-supply-chains/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=wp_homepage">barred all travelers from entering on Wednesday after one COVID-19 case was detected</a>.Residents of Dongxing were instructed to quarantine and only leave their homes to get essential items, per state-linked media outlet <a href="https://m.weibo.cn/status/4717124767974044?">Beijing Evening News</a>. In addition to this lockdown, schools, public transport, and non-essential local businesses have shut down, and all of the city's 200,000 residents are required to show up for mass COVID-19 testing. The lockdown in Dongxing comes at the same time as a lockdown in Xi'an, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi. According to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/china-locks-down-13-million-people-in-xian-after-detecting-127-covid-cases">The Guardian</a>, Xi'an imposed travel curbs across the city, forcing close to 13 million people into quarantine.China has consistently taken a hard tack to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In April, smaller-scale outbreaks of COVID cases in the southwestern Yunnan province were met with <a href="https://video.sina.cn/news/2021-04-27/detail-ikmyaawc1982024.d.html">aggressive mass-testing measures and 72-hour city-wide lockdowns.</a> In late October, <a href="https://www.insider.com/shanghai-disneyland-30000-people-trapped-one-covid-case-2021-11">around 30,000 people found themselves trapped in Shanghai's Disneyland</a> after one positive COVID-19 case was detected, unable to leave until every visitor and employee was tested. And in November, Shanghai <a href="https://www.insider.com/shanghai-closed-schools-canceled-500-flights-three-covid-cases-2021-11">canceled more than 500 flights</a> and shut down schools after three COVID infections were detected there. China's overall reported COVID-19 cases remain relatively low. According to the country's <a href="http://www.nhc.gov.cn/xcs/yqtb/202112/0c17084a6c104eeba22b075b4f9e78c5.shtml">National Health Commission</a>, 100 infections were detected across 31 provinces on December 22, bringing the number of active cases to 1,823. While China's reported case numbers have been consistently low since its initial Wuhan outbreak, the country <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3107297/time-china-align-global-practice-counting-coronavirus-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">does not include patients who test positive for the virus but are asymptomatic in its official tally</a>. <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/news/olympic-and-paralympic-winter-games-beijing-2022-updates-on-spectators-vaccination-and-covid-19-countermeasures">The Beijing Olympics are set to kick off on February 4, 2022</a>. The country plans to implement <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/sports/olympics/winter-olympics-beijing-restrictions.html">a "closed-loop" bubble</a>, where athletes, officials, broadcasters, and journalists alike will be able to move only within designated locales.

China is swinging into panic mode ahead of the Winter Olympics, locking down a city of 200,000 people over one COVID-19 case

A photographer dressed as all the different types of people in lockdown, from 'the panic buyer' to 'the foodie'

Paris, Apr 25 (AP) After weeks of France's strict lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his house, hoping that he could finally go out.His explanation: "Too long at home, too hard to wait." Coronavirus lockdown is proving a particularly trying ordeal for children with disabilities and their families who are struggling to care for them at home now that special schools and support programs have been shut down.Mohammed hasn't picked up the ax again since the incident last month, his father Salah says with relief. But his son still gets exasperated, and says, "I want to break the house down." The family, like others who spoke to The Associated Press about what they're going through, spoke on condition they be identified by first name only, out of privacy concerns for their children.Making matters worse, Mohammed's mother, who works in a nursing home, has been on sick leave after testing positive for COVID-19. She had to live for weeks isolated on the top floor of their house in the Paris suburb of Mantes-la-Jolie, and was forced to keep distance from her family. Her health has since improved.That was particularly hard for Mohammed, who has a close relationship with his mother."We kept telling him that there's the disease. He took note. Then he tried again to go up and see her," Salah said.Violent outbursts, incomprehension, disputes, panic attacks: Lockdown is a shock to many children with special needs, cut off from their friends and teachers, deprived of their reassuring routine. And France's virus lockdown measures - now in their second month and not set to end until at least May 11 - are among Europe's strictest.At home, Mohammed requires constant attention so that he won't put himself in danger."That's tough on him. We reprimand him, saying no. ... We need to repeat and repeat," Salah said. The father admits to his own fatigue, working at home as a telecoms engineer while also taking care of his two other sons, ages 12 and 8.Salah knows how to detect signs on Mohammed's face when he is under too much pressure and may get angry: "I don't let things get heated." Mohammed's teacher at the Bel-Air Institute near Versailles, Corentin Sainte Fare Garnot, is doing his best to help."If you remove crutches from someone who needs them from one day to the next, it gets very complicated," he said."The feeling of loneliness and lack of activity can be very deep" for people with autism, he said. Mohammed calls him several times a day.Aurelie Collet, a manager at the Bel-Air, which provides specialized educational and therapeutic services for dozens of children with different types of disabilities, said some teenagers just didn't understand the lockdown rules at first, and kept going out. Others who used to be well-integrated in their class turned inward, isolating themselves in their bedrooms.So the staff developed creative tools to keep communicating and working with the children, including through social networks, she said.Thomas, 17, and Pierre, 14, brothers with intellectual disabilities who also go to the Bel-Air, are similarly destabilised by lockdown."I feel worried about how long the lockdown will last, what's going to happen next", Thomas said. The teenager has lots of questions about "how many people will get the virus, when the epidemic will stop." At first, their parents recalled, the boys acted as if they were on vacation, playing all day and calling their friends. Then the family, which lives near Versailles, west of Paris, organised activities to keep their lives more structured.Another big concern for Thomas is his future, as the internship he was planning to do this summer is likely to be postponed.His younger brother Pierre says he's having more nightmares than usual, adding that the lockdown is also prompting more family quarrels.Pierre especially misses the gardening he used to do at the Bel-Air, so he has planted seeds in pots to grow radishes.Under nationwide restrictions, the French can only leave home for essential services, like buying food or going to the doctor, and must stay close to home. Physical activity in public is strictly limited to one hour, and within a nearby radius. Police routinely fine violators.Recognising the burden this places on people with autism, French President Emmanuel Macron announced in early April an exception that allows them to go out in places where they are accustomed to go, taking the necessary health precautions but with no limit of time and distance.The challenges are familiar to millions of families around the world. Across the US, teachers are exploring new ways to deliver customized lessons from afar, and parents of children with disabilities are not only home-schooling but also adding therapy, hands-on lessons and behavioral management to their responsibilities.Salah has started again to take Mohammed do some biking outside, something he used to do before. "This is like a safety valve to him, he needs it. ... We're having a hard time following him, he's going ahead, happily shouting," Salah said with a smile in his voice.Sainte Fare Garnot is helping the family to find concrete solutions. Because playing soccer with his brothers in the garden has proven difficult for Mohammed because the rules of team games are too complex for him, he suggested that the three boys instead take shots at goal in turn. (AP) RUP

Outbursts, panic: Lockdown ordeal for special-needs families

<ul><li>Ambani’s net worth fell by 41% to $34.4 billion on 19 March after Coronavirus fear crashed global and Indian stock markets. </li><li>RIL’s share price plummeted as much as 39% between January 1 and March 23 during the massive sell off triggered by Coronavirus. </li><li>Ambani and his family recently raised stakes in Reliance Industries. </li></ul>The deadly Coronavirus is affecting the health and wealth of Indians. India’s richest businessman <keyword id="3820" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mukesh-Ambani">Mukesh Ambani</keyword> is not immune to the pandemic’s effect on the stock markets. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-20/broke-ex-billionaire-faces-deadline-for-cash-after-losing-appeal">According to Bloomberg</a>, Ambani was worth $58.6 billion when the year started. However, his net worth reduced by 41% to $34.4 billion on 19 March after Coronavirus fear crashed the global and Indian stock markets. Ambani has lost more than what he earned last year. <div type="image" title="Mukesh Ambani has lost nearly 34% of his entire network to coronavirus fears (1)" msid="74771444" hostid="261"></div>

 His net worth however did see a marginal increase after the Ambani family — Mukesh and Nita Ambani and their three children — raised stake in Reliance Industries. As of March 22, he was worth $37.7 billion. Ambani is among the top 5 billionaires in the world who lost the most in the last three months. RIL’s share price plummeted as much as 39% between January 1 and March 23 during the massive sell off triggered by Coronavirus. Since mid-2018, RIL stock was trading above ₹1000. Moreso, it added a whopping ₹2.49 trillion — highest value addition in market value — 2019 alone. But it couldn’t hold on to the success in 2020. On March 19, RIL shares were trading at ₹917 apiece. <div type="image" title="snapshot-1584950867697" msid="74771575" hostid="261"></div>

 Most of his RIL’s share price erosion happened over the last one month, when crude prices saw a steep fall fearing global recession. While his telecom and retail businesses are going strong, his oil refining business is directly linked to the price of crude oil. RIL’s fortunes are also tethered to the outcome of the oil war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. Ambani was also supposed to close the $15 billion Saudi Aramco deal by March 31 this year. But with a lockdown in place, investors are wary, though <a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/stocks/reliance-industries-gains-4-on-reports-of-saudi-aramco-deal-getting-underway-5497951.htm">media reports</a> suggest that the deal might be closed<a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/stocks/reliance-industries-gains-4-on-reports-of-saudi-aramco-deal-getting-underway-5497951.htm">.</a> See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/the-last-time-you-could-buy-reliance-industries-share-below-1000-a-piece-was-in-mid-2018/articleshow/74656518.cms">The last time you could buy Reliance Industries share below ₹1000 a piece was in mid-2018</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/mukesh-ambani-has-lost-at-least-17-billion-in-26-days-as-coronavirus-fears-dent-ril-shares/articleshow/74608907.cms">Mukesh Ambani has lost at least $17 billion in 26 days as Coronavirus fears dent RIL shares</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/heres-how-mukesh-ambani-lost-5-8-billion-in-a-day/articleshow/74572111.cms">Here’s how Mukesh Ambani lost $5.8 billion in a day</a>

Mukesh Ambani lost nearly half of his wealth due to coronavirus fears

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Francesca Pelucchini, of Bologna, believes that leaders should have shut down things much earlier. "But that didn't happen, so we all have to learn to live with it now." </li><li>She and two other Italian women told Business Insider about their "new normal," and how they've coped with being under lockdown for more than a month.</li></ul><ul class="summary-list"><li>As of Thursday, Italy has confirmed <a href="https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6">more than 139,400 coronavirus cases and at least 17,669 deaths</a>, the highest of any country <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news">impacted by the pandemic</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>When the coronavirus first breached Italy, Cinzia Bruzzese and her friends discussed the pandemic and its effects on life as they knew it. In the nearly one month since being on lockdown, that chatter has ground to a halt, the Bologna resident said."It feels taboo in some sense. It's too depressing," she told Business Insider.For Bruzzese, that switch flipped in mid-March. "I would have one [browser] tab open with an article about churches full of coffins in Bergamo, talking about how their loved ones couldn't even attend their funerals as it was too dangerous, and in another tab I was scrolling through the #quarantineparty on Twitter, reading about people in the US [who] were worried because they had [finished] their quarantine snacks," Bruzzese recalled. "It was just their way of connecting with others over their fear, but it felt really disrespectful."I thought, 'You're only joking about it because you don't know what it's like to not feel safe to breathe the air in your own house yet,'" she continued.Bruzzese is among three Italian women who talked to Business Insider, painting a picture of daily life under a month-long lockdown - and offers a look of what may possibly be in store for Americans down the road. <h2>'Better safe than dead'</h2>Despite cutting down on the time she spends surfing the internet or scrolling through social media, Bruzzese admitted that she can't seem to stop worrying. As people she knows began to contract coronavirus, she was wracked by fear that a family member or her boyfriend would also test positive for COVID-19 and they wouldn't be able to see each other again.Her extended family lives in Australia, said Bruzzese who is "terrified" that her brothers or their children will expose her elderly father to the coronavirus."I lose sleep over it and woke up with a panic attack last week," she said. "It took me a while to work out if I couldn't breathe because I was having a panic attack or if I had the virus and acute pneumonia had set in. I've been trying to explain to my family and friends that asymptomatic people are the people to worry about and that if they don't see Dad for a couple of months it's not the worst thing in the world. Better safe than dead, right?"Bruzzese is a graduate student at the UniversitÀ di Bologna, so, during the day, she immerses herself in online lectures, and quiets her concerns, at least temporarily. Her professors have taken on almost "parental roles," guiding students through the emotional trauma caused by the pandemic. Bologna is located in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, where more than 18,200 have tested positive and 2,200-plus have died, according to the local news agency <a href="https://www.corriere.it/salute/malattie_infettive/20_aprile_08/coronavirus-italia-139422-casi-positivi-17669-morti-bollettino-dell-8-aprile-13c5452a-79ac-11ea-afb4-c5f49a569528.shtml">Corriere della Sera</a>. As far as old medieval towns go, Bologna is usually spry, bustling with people flitting around to shopping and cultural events, Bruzzese said. Of late, though, there's an eerie stillness cast over it."It's like we're all just holding our breaths, waiting," Bruzzese described. "There's been a few shifts from initial nervous energy to an unspoken fear and distrust of others." But now, its nearly 400,000 residents are calm because they've accepted this new reality. "We know we need to be patient, that it's beyond our control," she added.<h2>Italy is being wrecked by the coronavirus</h2>As of Thursday, Italy has reported more than 139,400 cases and at least 17,669 deaths, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-italy-cases-overtake-china-highest-single-day-death-toll-2020-3">the highest of any country impacted by COVID-19</a>. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte put the nation of 60 million residents on lockdown on March 10. The strict containment measures, which now also limit internal travel, are aimed at ensuring that people stay at least six feet away from each other, and help reduce the virus' rate of spread, thus "flattening the curve" and decreasing <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-falling-apart-coronavirus-pandemic-doctors-tough-choices-2020-3">the burden on the already overwhelmed healthcare system</a>. "We are suffering very much. It's a devastating pain," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-spain-france-declines-daily-coronavirus-death-tolls-nationwide-lockdowns-2020-4">Conte said</a> on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.People who emerge from their homes for work or essential business, including going to grocery stores or pharmacies, must cover their noses and mouths. More than 175,000 people have been fined for violating the country's strict rules, which will remain in effect till at least April 13, although Conte expects to extend the restrictions until an as-yet-undisclosed date.Bruzzese described life under lockdown as "surreal," adding that "the rest of the world doesn't really understand the scale of what we're going through and only people in Wuhan can relate to it."Meanwhile, Fiorella Paludi lives in Naples, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/07/828021259/in-naples-pandemic-solidarity-baskets-help-feed-the-homeless">tucked away in the Campania region of southern Italy</a>, which has <a href="https://www.corriere.it/salute/malattie_infettive/20_aprile_08/coronavirus-italia-139422-casi-positivi-17669-morti-bollettino-dell-8-aprile-13c5452a-79ac-11ea-afb4-c5f49a569528.shtml">confirmed nearly 3,270 cases and 221 deaths</a>. Authorities expect the virus to peak in mid-April since they are "behind" northern Italy in terms of the infection's spread, said Paludi."In Italy, healthcare is a regional competence," Paludi said, and southern Italy's resources don't compare to the populous north, where the nation's manufacturing and financial hubs are located.So officials are working on adding more beds to hospitals' intensive care units and providing frontline medical workers with personal protective equipment so they can adequately respond to the virus, Paludi said, adding, "We are really hoping that the restrictive measures that have been taken will give us enough time so that our health system doesn't collapse."But, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/07/828021259/in-naples-pandemic-solidarity-baskets-help-feed-the-homeless">as NPR reported</a>, Naples, though not as badly stricken by the coronavirus as cities in the north, is struggling with poverty and unemployment. People have taken to lowering "solidarity baskets" filled with food - that read "Those who can, put something in, those who can't, help yourself" - hanging from ropes attached to homes' balconies. <h2>There's no manual on how to deal with a pandemic</h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/we-underestimated-it-talian-woman-urges-americans-coronavirus-epicenter-europe-2020-3">Thinking back to when the coronavirus first erupted on an international scale</a>, Paludi said Italians made the mistake of thinking that "the phenomenon was more limited" even though the local scientific community was sounding the alarm about COVID-19, saying that it was going to wrack Italy and wreak havoc."China actually gave us the time to prepare but I think we didn't - or at least not properly," she said. "There was no plan and no strategy to fight the virus."Shutting down Lombardy, Italy's coronavirus epicenter with over 53,400 coronavirus patients and 9,722 deaths, was guaranteed to trigger an economic slowdown, which may have caused indecision among officials, Paludi said, seeing as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/italy-lockdown-lombardy-11-provinces-coronavirus-crisis-2020-3">the nation was already teetering on the verge of a recession</a>.Bruzzese agreed."The biggest hurdle the government had was imposing strict rules while still trying to maintain a liberal democracy and preserve an economy," she said. "It's not like there's a handbook on how to handle these situations, you know? Italians aren't the type of people you can tell what to do anyway and even now there's some people who won't listen to reason and stay inside."In response, Italians have taken to sticking their heads out of windows or standing on balconies to shame people who they see out on the streets. Videos have also emerged of <a href="https://www.insider.com/italian-mayors-yelling-swearing-at-residents-to-stay-home-2020-3">outraged mayors censuring people who are flouting the rules</a>."The world has seen in China that social distancing works, and we owe it to health workers, people working in supermarkets, everybody who keeps our country going, and in general everybody who doesn't have a choice to stay home," said Paludi, who is unemployed and whose prospects dried up with the onset of the coronavirus.On March 16, the Italian government approved an emergency decree worth 25 billion euros - or $28 billion - to bolster its fragile economy, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/italy-supports-coronavirus-hit-economy-pm-hails-italian-model.html">CNBC reported</a>. This is a weighty economic package," Conte said about the decree that has paused loan and mortgage repayments, and will help companies pay employees who are temporarily out of work as everything from schools to restaurants and shops remain shuttered as part of the lockdown.For her part, Paludi is living with her mother and sisters, all of whom are public workers - a doctor, a teacher and a retired nurse - whose paychecks are still coming in. But the government has helped, she said, in the form of foodstamps, parental leave, and "financial aid to independent workers, but the situation is really fragile since a lot of people live paycheck to paycheck and rely heavily on undeclared work - we say black work- especially in the south."An estimated 3.3 million Italians <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/31/southern-italians-brace-themselves-for-coronavirus-outbreak.html">perform off-the-books work for cash</a>, with at least one million of those jobs concentrated in poorer southern regions."I think the economic and social consequences are going to be far more devastating than the virus," said Paludi, amid <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/italians-desperate-for-cash-food-amid-coronavirus-lockdown-2020-4#realizing-that-social-unrest-could-become-worse-as-lockdowns-persists-prime-minister-giuseppe-conte-is-preparing-an-emergency-relief-package-that-could-be-worth-600-euros-per-month-for-workers-hit-hardest-in-the-south-15">reports of brewing social unrest</a> and fears of organized crime rearing its head. Surrounded by uncertainty, Paludi finds it beneficial to stick to a routine of waking up at a scheduled time, doing housework, eating a balanced diet, and having some fun in the form of TV shows, learning Spanish, and staying in touch with her family and friends, one of whom is Francesca Pelucchini.<h2>Dreams on pause amid the coronavirus</h2>Pelucchini, who also lives in Bologna, was taking the first steps toward achieving a dream: creating an <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/s/experiences?refinement_paths%5B%5D=%2Fexperiences%2FKG%2FTag%3A6951">Airbnb Experience</a> when the outbreak took hold. Her idea involved "taking small groups of people around the markets of Bologna, buying fresh ingredients, and coming back to my place where we would make fresh pasta from scratch to have with homemade ragù and have a nice meal together - with loads of Italian wine, of course," she said.The 28-year-old had just completed her first round of meetings with the Chamber of Commerce with more slated for the coming months. And then the pandemic arrived on the scene."But I am not giving up," said Pelucchini. "Even if we are all suffering in our own way, I think these extreme measures are necessary. Italy will recover as it always has done. This is why we need to keep on dreaming and thinking about the future, even during this time of fear and uncertainty, because the country will need us more than ever once this will all be over."She, too, keeps herself busy by attending virtual lectures from UniversitÀ di Bologna, watching old Italian movies from the 1950s and 1960s, and going to the supermarket once a week - which, Pelucchini said, has morphed into a whole new experience due to the coronavirus.Once the country got past a brief phase of terrified people panic buying and "plundering" supermarkets, shelves have remained fully stocked. So Pelucchini has stuck with a small store that's a 10-minute walk from her house, where a plexiglass division has been erected to help cashiers reduce contact with customers."You have to get a number at the entrance and wait in line for your turn to go in," she said. "They let in one person at a time and once you are in, it's a very strange experience. It makes me very anxious because you can feel how tense the atmosphere is: people avoiding each other, [afraid] of touching anything without gloves."Even so, maintaining a daily and weekly routine helps buoy Pelucchini, who has dealt with depression for the last several years."I am trying to remind myself that this is a very uncommon situation and that I can't expect too much from myself," she said. "So I appreciate the good days, and on the bad days, I just embrace the sadness hoping that the next day will be better."Unlike others in her cohort, Pelucchini doesn't believe it's empathetic to put medical workers on pedestals where they're regarded as heroes. If anything, that's "deceiving," she said, because "they are normal people just like us."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fear-showers-infection-new-normal-coronavirus-medical-workers-families-2020-4">Healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic</a> "don't have superpowers: they get tired, they are scared, they are uncertain of the future, they feel sadness," said Pelucchini. "Being in a high-risk environment, most of them can't live with their families anymore ... They are just like us, feeling everything we are feeling in our homes, but they have to overcome it every day and work in really inhumane conditions, trying to save lives."Rather than hero worship, Pelucchini looks at their service as a reminder to stay home and practice social distancing.The prime minister, she said, is "really asking so little of us compared to what these people are doing every day."By contrast, President Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-lockdown-united-states-entire-country-anthony-fauci-cdc-2020-4">despite being told by experts that a national lockdown</a> will help to halt the coronavirus, has relied on state authorities to issue a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/experts-us-coronavirus-outbreak-lockdown-social-distancing-testing-2020-3">patchwork of stay-at-home orders</a>. At present, about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-map-stay-at-home-orders-lockdowns-2020-3">95% of the United States population</a> has been ordered to shelter in place.Asked what lessons the US can learn from the Italian experience with the coronavirus, Bruzzese didn't mince her words."It's too late for the US and most countries - things should have been shut down immediately, complete lockdown with leaders who makes it clear that people need to stay home, no excuses," she said. "But that didn't happen ... so we all have to learn to live with it now."Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus you'd like to share? Or a tip on how your town or community is handling the pandemic? Please email <a href="mailto:covidtips@businessinsider.com">covidtips@businessinsider.com</a> and tell us your story.And get the latest <a href="/coronavirus-business-impact">coronavirus analysis and research</a> from Business Insider Intelligence on how COVID-19 is impacting businesses.

Panic attacks, dreams on hold, and depression: 3 Italian women describe what a month under coronavirus lockdown looks like

Wuhan is running low on food, hospitals are overflowing, and foreigners are being evacuated as panic sets in after a week under coronavirus lockdown

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan, a city in the Chinese province of Hubei with a population of 11 million, has been under an unprecedented quarantine since January 23.</li><li>The coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has so far killed 170 people and infected more than 7,700 worldwide as of Thursday morning.</li><li>In just a week, the city has experienced food shortages, an overwhelming number of patients, and several evacuations of foreigners visiting the city.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan, a city in the Chinese province of Hubei with a population of 11 million, has been under an unprecedented quarantine since January 23.The coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has so far killed 170 people and infected more than 7,700 worldwide as of Thursday morning. The novel coronavirus has surpassed the number of confirmed cases from the SARS outbreak (5,327 cases), which also originated in China and killed nearly 800 people worldwide.SARS, which stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome, is also in the same viral family as 2019-nCoV.In just a week, the city has experienced food shortages, an overwhelming number of patients, and several evacuations of foreigners visiting the city.Developments in the coronavirus outbreak and how city is coping paints a picture of panic, as Wuhan ends its first week under quarantine:

Getty Images<ul><li>Stocks slumped on Thursday as investors braced for the novel coronavirus to escalate into a pandemic and hammer global growth.</li><li>The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that more new cases were reported outside China than inside for the first time.</li><li>"It's just conceivable that it could throw the United States into a recession," ex-Fed chief Janet Yellen warned of coronavirus the same day.</li><li>Coronavirus has infected more than 82,000 people, killed at least 2,800, and spread to more than 40 countries.</li><li><a href="https://www.investing.com/indices/indices-futures">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Stocks tumbled on Thursday as investors panicked at the growing prospect of the novel coronavirus becoming a pandemic and choking global growth.The virus - which causes a flu-like disease called COVID-19 - has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-virus-everything-we-know-deadly-2019-ncov-wuhan-spread-2020-1?r=US&amp;IR=T">infected more than 82,000 people</a>, killed more than 2,800, and spread to north of 40 countries.The World Health Organization <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-19-is-spreading-faster-outside-china-than-inside-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">said on Wednesday</a> that the number of new cases reported outside China had exceeded the number of new cases in China for the first time, stoking fears of a global health crisis."It's just conceivable that it could throw the United States into a recession," Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-fed-chief-janet-yellen-coronavirus-spark-us-economy-recession-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">warned the same day</a>, referring to the virus. She added that less robust economies in Europe were likely more vulnerable to a downturn.Here's the market roundup as of 10:47 a.m. in London (5:47 a.m. in New York):<ul><li>European equities slumped with Germany's DAX down 2.3%, Britain's FTSE 100 down 1.9%, and the Euro Stoxx 50 down 2.3%.</li><li>Asian indexes were mixed. China's Shanghai Composite inched up 0.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.3%, but Japan's Nikkei slid 2.1% and South Korea's KOSPI fell 1.1%.</li><li>US stocks are poised to open lower. Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&amp;P 500, and Nasdaq futures slid 0.7%.</li><li>Oil prices tumbled, with West Texas Intermediate down 1.9% at $47.80 a barrel and Brent crude down 1.8% at $51.90.</li></ul>Investors are bracing for coronavirus to disrupt global trade and commerce, analysts said."Either COVID-19 is going to spread, making an untold number sick and killing many others, and economies will go into lockdown as supply chains are badly hit," Michael Every, senior Asia-Pacific strategist at RaboResearch, said in a research note on Thursday."Or governments are going to lock down anyway, the public are going to rapidly scale back most activities, and supply chains will again be badly hit," he continued.Companies and economies will suffer if factories and offices close and people are forced to stay home."The market is understanding that the coronavirus outbreak will translate into significantly lower earnings and anemic global growth," Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank, said in a morning note.Investors are worried about the rapid, unpredictable spread of coronavirus and the uncertain scale of the fallout."Markets are trading on fear and not on valuations here," Neil Wilson, chief market analyst for Markets.com, said in a morning note."If you get a lockdown of London or Paris, or a major outbreak in New York or San Francisco, all bets are off in terms of how low the markets can go," he added.<a href="/intelligence/digital-health?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_subscription&amp;itm_content=health&amp;itm_campaign=digital-health"></a>Featured Digital Health Articles: - <a href="/telehealth-industry-explained">Telehealth Industry: Benefits, Services &amp; Examples</a> - <a href="/value-based-care-pay-for-performance-healthcare-model">Value-Based Care Model: Pay-for-Performance Healthcare</a> - <a href="/senior-care-market-trends">Senior Care &amp; Assisted Living Market Trends</a> - <a href="/wearable-technology-healthcare-medical-devices">Smart Medical Devices: Wearable Tech in Healthcare</a> - <a href="/artificial-intelligence-healthcare">AI in Healthcare</a> - <a href="/remote-patient-monitoring-industry-explained">Remote Patient Monitoring Industry: Devices &amp; Market Trends</a> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pixar-disney-toy-story-4-how-animated-start-finish-2019-7">Pixar's 'Toy Story 4' won the Oscar for best animated feature. Take a closer look at how the movie was animated from start to finish.</a></h3>

'Markets are trading on fear': Stocks tumble as coronavirus panic takes hold

<ul class="summary-list"><li>UK Prime Minister <keyword id="6380867" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson">Boris Johnson</keyword> will on Sunday confirm which <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> lockdown measures will be lifted first.</li><li>There is unlikely to be any dramatic loosening of current restrictions after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-highest-europe-overtakes-italy-2020-5?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">UK officially became the worst hit country in Europe.</a></li><li>However, people will be given greater freedom to exercise and relax outdoors.</li><li>Some businesses will also be encouraged to re-open.</li><li>Schools are likely to remain closed for weeks more, with other restrictions remaining in place indefinitely.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Sunday announce his plans to loosen the UK's coronavirus lockdown after the country <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-says-the-uk-is-past-the-peak-of-the-coronavirus-2020-4?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">passed its peak of infections and deaths</a>.Any changes to the current lockdown restrictions are likely to be marginal, with ministers fearful of a resurgence in the <keyword id="43587" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="pandemic">pandemic</keyword>, after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-highest-europe-overtakes-italy-2020-5">UK officially became the worst affected country in Europe for the virus.</a>The plans have yet to be confirmed and Johnson's scientific advisers will on Thursday deliver their verdict to the government on which measures should be implemented when.However, several newspapers have been briefed overnight with the steps most likely to be taken from next week.Here's what we know about which lockdown restrictions will be lifted first.<h2>From 'stay at home' to 'stay safe' outdoors</h2><div type="image" title="UK coronavirus" height="512" width="1024" msid="75596688" hostid="261"></div>Johnson is unlikely to announce any dramatic lifting of current restrictions, which forced the closure of schools and most business premises back in March. However, there will be a shift in emphasis away from the government's effective "stay home, save lives" message to a new <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8295661/Stay-Safe-Save-Lives-replaces-Stay-Home-slogan-lockdown-eases-Monday.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK">"stay safe, save lives" message.</a>The shift will be accompanied by a tweak to existing guidance on outdoor exercise, according to multiple reports.Whereas current guidance advises people to only exercise once a day close to home, the new guidance will <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/revealed-boris-johnsons-roadmap-ease-lockdown-reopen-schools/?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=li-recommendation-widgetdget">reportedly</a> allow multiple exercises sessions, including trips further afield, such as country rambles and bike rides.People will also be allowed to relax outdoors, with sunbathing in parks no longer forbidden.However, while more outdoors activities will be allowed, playgrounds and outdoor gyms are likely to remain closed for the time being.<h2>Face masks</h2><div type="image" title="coronavirus uk" height="512" width="1024" msid="75596689" hostid="261"></div>Unlike many other countries, the UK government has resisted calls for citizens to be advised to wear face masks, insisting that they only have a limited effect on reducing the spread of infection. The real reason for the reluctance to encourage their use is likely to do with fears about supply shortages, rather than doubts about the <keyword id="41551" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="science">science</keyword>.This reluctance has begun to drop away in recent weeks with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-boris-johnson-says-masks-will-be-useful-2020-5?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Johnson signalling that new advice on face-coverings will form a big part of his plans to ease the lockdown.</a> The calculation made in Downing Street is that while masks in themselves may not have a dramatic impact on reducing infection spread, they could have a significant effect on increasing public confidence about returning to work, particularly on public transport.However, ministers are unlikely to use the term "face mask," and will instead insist upon "cloth coverings," in order to discourage the panic buying of clinical face masks.<h2>People will be told to cycle or walk to work</h2><div type="image" title="coronavirus uk" height="512" width="1024" msid="75596692" hostid="261"></div>One factor likely to delay the widespread lifting of restrictions will be the difficulty of maintaining social-distancing while on public transport.Transport for London has already indicated that they will be forced to <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-london-52539585">reduce their capacity to as little as 15%</a> of what it was before the lockdown began. Mass transit systems in other metropolitan areas will likely be under similar pressure.That is likely to severely restrict the ability of employees to return to workplaces, meaning many businesses will be forced to maintain current remote-working arrangements, even once the lockdown is over.In order to limit this effect both TfL and the UK government are pledging to introduce new measures to help cyclists and pedestrians including road closures and temporary cycle lanes.<h2>Schools may start to re-open in June</h2><div type="image" title="coronavirus uk" height="512" width="1024" msid="75596694" hostid="261"></div>Schools are likely to stay closed for all but the children of essential workers this month. However, <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/06/revealed-boris-johnsons-roadmap-ease-lockdown-reopen-schools/?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=li-recommendation-widgetdget">some reports</a> suggest that these restrictions will begin to be lifted from the start of June with phased re-openings of primary and secondary schools beginning before the summer break. However, any re-openings are likely to be staggered with pupils potentially being asked to attend on alternate days.<h2>Reuniting families</h2><div type="image" title="coronavirus uk" height="512" width="1024" msid="75596695" hostid="261"></div>One of the hardest restrictions imposed during this lockdown has been the restrictions forbidding people from visiting family and friends. These have taken a heavy toll on some families and individuals who have been cut off from their support networks.None of today's papers suggest these rules are likely to be lifted on Sunday. However, some reports suggest new guidance may allow contact between a limited number of family members and friends in a so-called "bubble" arrangement. Such guidance would likely prove confusing and difficult to enforce however, and some papers <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8292573/Boris-Johnson-admits-UKs-coronavirus-death-toll-appalling.html">suggest plans for such arrangements will likely not emerge this week.</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-coronavirus-lockdown-restrictions-will-be-lifted-first-in-the-uk-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

Which coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be lifted first in the UK

<ul class="summary-list"><li>UK supermarkets are starting to ration food after British people become gripped by coronavirus panic-buying.</li><li>British shoppers are flooding supermarkets and emptying shelves as the virus spreads across the UK.</li><li>The country's biggest supermarkets are starting to ration some products to two or three items per person.</li><li>UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Brits to avoid all nonessential contact.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>UK supermarkets are starting to ration food after a wave of panic-buying by UK consumers in anticipation of an enforced lockdown due to the rapid spread of coronavirus across the country.Sainsbury's - the UK's third largest supermarket - is rationing food and creating opening hours for the elderly and most vulnerable in an effort to stop food running out as the coronavirus crisis grows.Another supermarket, Waitrose, has also informed its customers that it will "reluctantly" impose limits on some items, while Tesco has also imposed limits in some of its stores as well as ending 24-hour opening times.Other major stores are also urging shoppers to only buy what they need. The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus has prompted huge numbers of Brits to stockpile food and other essentials, despite Boris Johnson's government and supermarket bosses urging people to shop as normal.Sainsbury's announced on Wednesday that it would ration food to ensure it is available to all customers.Sainsbury's Chief Executive Mike Coupe told customers that they'd be limited to three items of products and two items of the most popular products, like milk, toilet paper, and soap."We have enough food coming into the system, but are limiting sales so that it stays on shelves for longer and can be bought by a larger numbers of customers," Couple told customers in an email.The supermarket said it would reserve certain opening hours for the elderly and other people most vulnerable to coronavirus, and prioritise the online orders of people aged 70 and over.It will also close its cafes as well as counters selling meat, fish, and pizza, in order to reduce human interaction.The move comes after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday urged Brits to avoid nonessential contact.Chief Executive Coupe said this would "free up warehouse and lorry capacity for products that customers really need" and "free up time for our store colleagues to focus on keeping the shelves as well stocked as possible."The supermarket will from next week grow its "click and collect" service by increasing the number of pick-up locations. This is designed to reduce the number of customers going to supermarkets to do their shopping.Our Brexit Insider Facebook group is the best place for up-to-date news and analysis about Britain's departure from the EU, direct from Business Insider's political reporters. Join <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/267178180471848/">here.</a>

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