Don’t really need food, but bottled water a constant on the list, so I go to the corner shop. Regardless of what other grocery sources we discover next week, we’ll always get water from the closest place because it’s heavy. Old lady passing the house as I leave. Well, I think of her as old, anyway. Could conceivably be my age, or possibly younger but walks so slowly I have to make an effort not to trip over her. Tempted to do an end run and be back home already by the time she reaches the shop, but instead trail along behind, leaving decently well over a metre as it’s an empty street. Made more embarrassing by the fact that she keeps stopping to look at me. No language in common - just keep moving, lady, or I’ll be walking on the spot. Store busier than usual, probably because it was closed yesterday for the holiday. Metre distance would require some choreography, though usually no problem here. Just grab the water container, pay and leave. Do, however, note out the corner of my eye that the wine shelf, well thinned out on the last trip, seems to have disappeared. Someone else must have been drinking our wine.
There is now only one remaining active Covid-19 case in the TRNC, but the government is being cautious in the relaxation of the lockdown. The deputy prime minister warns that the epidemic is not over, and specifically the current ban on going anywhere in the evening is extended and going anywhere except grocery stores, pharmacies and banks on a Sunday is still forbidden (in any case banks, most pharmacies and many grocery stores are closed on Sunday):
There is now only one remaining active Covid-19 case in the TRNC, but the government is being cautious in the relaxation of the lockdown. The deputy prime minister warns that the epidemic is not over, and specifically the current ban on going anywhere in the evening is extended and going anywhere except grocery stores, pharmacies and banks on a Sunday is still forbidden (in any case banks, most pharmacies and many grocery stores are closed on Sunday):
WE SHOULD NOT COME TOGETHER WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND DO NOT HAVE FAMILY MEETINGS. We should know that if we do this, we will also endanger our loved ones, family, and friends beside ourselves.
The curfew in the evening has been EXTENDED for this reason. In other words, there is a curfew in the evening so that there are no family Gatherings, home visits and so on.
There are also those who ask why there will be a partial curfew on Sundays but not Saturday. The reason is this: The traditionally BBQs, visiting Family and Friends, gathering together are very common. For this reason, although this is forbidden for every day, there is a partial curfew on Sundays to CONTROL this, since it is more frequent on Sundays.
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