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Update at 17:20

The Coronavirus situation in our country is dire. Since my last report, there have been 34 new Covid cases today, 24th Jan, bringing a total to 1,345 residents who have been infected. 43 are hospitalised on mechanical ventilators in sealed wards plus 9 being treated in ICU with worse underlying conditions including 2 teenagers which is upsetting. Alarmingly, 4 are medical resident doctors who somehow got infected when wearing full PPE and 3M sealed filters including sealed eye goggles. Yet, they still caught this highly infectious mutant that is going around Monaco.

Those who have yet to show serious infection are self-isolating at home as of today, while this afternoon alone, another 152 residents had to go home and self-isolate, too. So far there's been 1,100 recoveries and 9 deaths. Compared to other countries across the world, this seems a tiny amount, but our country is no more than 2 square kilometers. Which is probably small than the average UK village.

Everyone is feeling extremely vulnerable, like Julie and I who have been vaccinated. Google up hundreds of quotes about fear, but no matter how inspiring, the quotes don't make living with fear any easier.