Letters to my Grandchild

Hello my darling, At the moment practically the whole world is living under a lock-down due to the new virus that has spread across the world.  Once overcrowded cities are empty, there are no planes in the skies, roads are empty, and satellite photos show clear skies above previously smog covered cities around the world.  In some cities, animals are returning to the streets and suburbs. London with no traffic The COVID-19 Lockdown has cleaned the air over Nepal and northern India. So much so that for the first time in many years.  Mt Everest can be seen again from Kathmandu Valley even though it is  200km away.   After the first positive case of Covid 19 we were all asked to  practice  social distancing by staying at least 2 m apart from each other.  The President announced the closure of schools from 18 March and a week later President Ramaphosa and his Covid-19 task team announced that the lock-down would start at mid-night on 26 March.  I was supposed to have a mammogram and bon

On 5 March 2020,  Minister of Health   Zweli Mkhize  confirmed the spread of the virus to  South Africa , with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from  Italy . (This was a person who lived at Golf Course 1 in Mt Edgecombe.  At the time, you were living at Golf Course 2)   On 7 March, it was announced that a woman from the same travel group from Italy, returning to Gauteng, also tested positive. On 11 March 6 new cases were reported, with 1 case from the same travel group from Italy, while the other 5 cases appear unrelated having travel histories to other  European countries . The first case was confirmed in the  Western Cape  province.  3 new cases were announced on 12 March, including the first case in  Mpumalanga  province. This brought the total cases to 16. On 15 March, the  President of South Africa ,  Cyril Ramaphosa , declared a national  state of disaster , and announced measures such as immediate  travel restrictions  and the clos