Disappointing news at Sunrise. A second carer has been confirmed positive. Sara, the general manager yesterday personally told us and confirmed that the home will have to close to visitors for a month.
What a shame after all the effort over the past six months. One of the worst effects of the Sunrise lockdown is the abrupt stop to visiting.
I was so looking forward to seeing Karen on Friday.
It's a question of patience. Better days lie ahead, possibly closer than the six months now suggested by a suddenly doleful prime minister.
Reviewing yesterday's announcements, first by Micael Gove and then Mr Johnson I suspect a public relations effort; first the dire warnings from the experts suggesting that the government had to follow the advice and then the laying on thick of the danger ahead and the six months time scale.
If people follow the rules we might get out of the maze sooner and the government can then claim success.
The duplicity comes with no mention of their own contribution to the deteriorating situation; the failure with testing that made the situation worse.
In Sunrise, we were all tested again yesterday but may have to wait up to a week for results. And care homes are said to have priority.
But, getting away from the autumn gloom, I have been thinking of brighter days.
Stay at home, work from home - that is the message now, but how many people are still taking the chance, and the risk, to jet off for holidays around the world?
In fact, scores of thousands, enough to keep the aviation industry ticking over if not flying high.
That obsession of ours with coronavirus, still dominating every news bulletin, has given us no idea that we can still enjoy an overseas holiday, even if some countries are on the quarantine list.
It would lighten our mood and certainly give the struggling travel trade a mini boost if the media were to provide us with some sunshine and sea reports.
The BBC's army of foreign correspondents could, for a change, switch from reporting the war on coronavirus to interviews from the beaches or even the beach bars with British people actually enjoying themselves, getting away from the rigours and dullness of life at home.
It might encourage more of us to pack our bags and set off, even if there was a chance of being called back to self isolation.
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