Coronavirus Diary

Day 6 23rd March 2020

There are now 148 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland and another person has unfortunately died, bringing the deaths up to 3. I know we're not as bad as other countries but it's still very stressful. In the whole of the UK there's 6,650 cases, which is nearly up by a thousand from yesterday so that's not good. In the South of Ireland there's just over 900. It's hideous how many infections there are but I can't see it stopping anytime soon unfortunately.

My mum told me that her friend in England who is 60 has had the coronavirus and it lasted 3 days for him. He's tired but otherwise I think he's ok. I was pretty shocked when I heard it though, but I'm glad he's alright. 

Today I talked to my dissertation supervisor and she wants me to get one or two more interviews done via Skype or phone call. She's emailed teachers she knows so hopefully they'll agree to do it. Although my dissertation is still stressing me a bit, especially since it's due on the 6th of May. And the university isn't even extending the deadline which I think is ridiculous given the circumstances. But I'm hoping that I'll get it all finished in time.

Then I watched Bondi Rescue and the final of Good Omens. I love Good Omens so I'm sad that it's over. But hopefully there'll be another season at some stage.

My dad got mad with me because he said he'd downloaded and watched The Mandalorian and I said he hadn't. And he was asking where the USB was and was annoyed with me because he thought I'd moved it, which I hadn't. I got a bit upset and angry because dad shouted at me for no reason and he watched The Mandalorian without me when I thought we were going to watch it together. I had told him ages ago I wanted to watch it and he said to wait for more episodes and then he went and watched it without me. He also didn't apologise for shouting at me, but I've come to expect that from him.

Then we watched House of Games. And we listened to Boris Johnson's speech, so now the UK is in lockdown. I expected it to happen and I feel it should've happened sooner, but I'm glad it's finally happened. It won't make much of a difference to me because I've been in my house since Friday afternoon. A lot of businesses will also be closed down, I think they're only keeping supermarkets, pharmacies and shops that sell food open. I really hope that people will follow the rules and isolate themselves at home as much as they can. If they don't the virus could spread a lot more a kill so many more people.

My work is staying open which I think is really bad because there's only one aisle of food and a tiny corner for medicine. Although I've decided that I won't be going back to work for a while because it stresses me too much and I'm too worried about giving the coronavirus to my parents. I'm going to try to ask for unpaid leave and hope that I don't lose my job. But I'm definitely not going back for a while. My friend's workplace is staying open as well. Unfortunately he can't take any holiday leave and he can't quit either because he needs the money. It's very stressful and I wish that my shop and his would just close.

My parents and I watched The Quake which was a Norwegian film about an earthquake. I thought it was very good and tense. Although I found out after I watched it that it was a sequel, so sometime I'll go back and watch the first one.

Overall I'm very stressed and I think my family are as well. Although on a more positive note, we got a twelve pack of toilet roll which was in our local shop. I hope you're all well and stay well. Bye for now.