It's a sorry state of affairs were I live.
We were, evident from tests, Covid-19 free for a bit over 2 months from April to June, when the first cases appeared inside the country in early March.
After June, even with mandatory testing of every passenger and crew of both ships and aircraft to the country, no more cases were detected - but it was here, despite our ignorance. Russian trawlers that docked at our ports, the entire crew had Covid-19 from tests our health officials made, so they were quarantined to their ships - not allowed to disembark.
However, there was, not unexpectedly, an incident when a ship docked at the port of Klaksvík and a lot of the sailors wandered around the city, entering shops and cafes - I guess someone didn't get the memo or they didn't care. Either way, the effect was the same, Covid-19, AFAWK was re-introduced to the populace. This was only compounded further when soon thereafter our annual festival Ólavsøka was held in the capital Tórshavn, practically everyone didn't wear a mask or socially distanced thanks to apathy. We knew Covid-19 was back, but we didn't care or act.
Even now, with Covid-19 flaring up again, there is a noticeable difference in the attitude between the people. When the virus first appeared in March, there was a sense of fear in the atmosphere, people took this quite seriously and followed the guidelines our health officials made to the letter. Now? I can only conclude that people's indifference will result in deaths, even though no one has died, so far, from Covid-19 here. There have been hospitalizations, a few in the intensive care unit, but I fear the worst is yet to come.
We were, evident from tests, Covid-19 free for a bit over 2 months from April to June, when the first cases appeared inside the country in early March.
After June, even with mandatory testing of every passenger and crew of both ships and aircraft to the country, no more cases were detected - but it was here, despite our ignorance. Russian trawlers that docked at our ports, the entire crew had Covid-19 from tests our health officials made, so they were quarantined to their ships - not allowed to disembark.
However, there was, not unexpectedly, an incident when a ship docked at the port of Klaksvík and a lot of the sailors wandered around the city, entering shops and cafes - I guess someone didn't get the memo or they didn't care. Either way, the effect was the same, Covid-19, AFAWK was re-introduced to the populace. This was only compounded further when soon thereafter our annual festival Ólavsøka was held in the capital Tórshavn, practically everyone didn't wear a mask or socially distanced thanks to apathy. We knew Covid-19 was back, but we didn't care or act.
Even now, with Covid-19 flaring up again, there is a noticeable difference in the attitude between the people. When the virus first appeared in March, there was a sense of fear in the atmosphere, people took this quite seriously and followed the guidelines our health officials made to the letter. Now? I can only conclude that people's indifference will result in deaths, even though no one has died, so far, from Covid-19 here. There have been hospitalizations, a few in the intensive care unit, but I fear the worst is yet to come.
