Good Evening All

Well the figures are in on the ONS data, it is shocking for deaths in the last 28 days, cases are also up too......

I will post the figures tomorrow on my Twitter page @Mantego23 look out for the updates tomorrow......

I will write everything, to the best of my knowledge on this forum, and it will be accurate........

Ppl die within 24 hours, highest figure since end of May...... Ppl had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of today October 27th........

Leeds hospitals cancel elective surgeries, amid rising admissions of patients with Covid-19......

Only essential operations are going ahead at hospitals in Leeds after the number of patients, with Covid-19 being treated rose to levels higher than in the 1st wave of the virus........

Today they have 263 patients in hospital beds who have tested positive for Covid-19, including 22 in intensive care.......

This means they have more Covid-19 patients in hospitals now than at the peak of the pandemic in mid-April.......

Over the next 48 hours, they could expect the number of ppl in critical care to increase.......

They polled 500 parents of children under 3 during the spring on the amount of time spent doing enrichment activities - such as reading, playing and singing - and screen time both before, and during lockdown. Overall, 90 per cent of families reported an increase in enriching activities during lockdown........

During lockdown, but not before, parents from more disadvantaged backgrounds were less likely to engage in enriching activities with their child, particularly activities requiring outdoor space and access to books........

Screen time increased for most children, but the finding was even more true among those from disadvantaged backgrounds - those with a low income, lower levels of education or occupational status or from a deprived neighbourhood.........

As a result, the authors have recommended communal outdoor spaces, and libraries should be closed only as a last resort in lockdowns. Children from disadvantaged families should be given extra support to promote their early development..... Which I think the library should have remained opened during lockdown..... As if did mess up kids education, plus a lot of parents do not have the internet or computer laptop tablet or iPad....


Children depend on high-quality interactions to support all aspects of their development. It is heartening to see that most families have been managing to find time to talk, read and play with their babies during this critical time, even amongst everything else going on......But from what parents are telling everyone, it is clear that during lockdown some babies have been missing out.....

While we know disadvantaged families often do not have access to the same opportunities for a child development as their more well-off peers, these disadvantages were exacerbated by the UK lockdown.......

In particular, the closure of playgrounds and libraries has disproportionately impacted children from disadvantaged backgrounds.......

In the event of continued local lockdowns, it is vital that disadvantaged families are given extra support to promote childrens early development.....

Access to communal outdoor spaces, and shared resources such as libraries should only be restricted as a last resort.......

Thanks for reading.....

Stay safe all....



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