News from the GeoparkCoronavirus Information24 Mar 2020The English Riviera Geopark is a responsible area and tourism destination. The coronavirus outbreak is a rapidly changing and evolving situation with the UK government issuing updated guidelines of a daily basis. We would like to ask all English Riviera Geopark residents to take responsibility and to consider the advice we are being given. The single most important action we can all take, is to stay at home in order to protect the NHS and save lives. When we reduce our day-to-day contact with other people, we will reduce the spread of the infection. That is why the government on 23 March 2020 introduced three new measures. 1. STAYING AT HOME You should only leave the house for one of four reasons.
Even when doing these activities, you should minimse time spent outside of the home and ensuring you are 2 meteres apart from anyone outside of your household. 2. CLOSING NON-ESSENTIAL SHOPS AND PUBLIC SPACES Last week, the Government ordered certain businesses - including pubs, cinemas and theatres to close. This has now been extended to;
3. STOPPING PUBLIC GATHERINGS To make sure people are staying a home and apart from each other, the Government is also stopping all public gatherings of more than two people. There are only two exceptions to this rule:
In addition, the Government is stopping events, including weddings, baptisms and other religious ceremonies. Every citizen is instructed to comply with these new measures. The initial measures introduced for three weeks from 23 March have now been extended for a futher three weeks, at which point the Government will look at them again and relax them if the evidence shows this is possible. This information will be updated as and when Government guidelines are changed. . |