{"id":24263,"date":"2020-03-19T14:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=24263"},"modified":"2020-03-19T14:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:24:37","slug":"further-pandemic-precautions-seen-in-abingdon-town-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=24263","title":{"rendered":"Further pandemic precautions seen in Abingdon Town Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203031903.jpg\" alt=\"Further pandemic precautions\" \/><br \/>\nCosta in Bury Street appeared to have removed its tables so that people can now only get take away drinks. Willows Shakeshop have closed &#8216;<em>due to the coronavirus restrictions&#8217;<\/em> and ask customers to follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/willowsshakeshop\/\">Facebook<\/a> for updates.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203031906.jpg\" alt=\"Further pandemic precautions\" \/><br \/>\nThere was a queue outside Boots, for the pharmacy, to get prescription, and pharmacy only drugs, or advice. Only a few people were being allowed inside at any one time. General shoppers appeared to be let in without such controls.<\/p>\n<p>I was told that people can now only go into the doctors if they get a call to come in, and they are tested for symptoms before entry.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203031905.jpg\" alt=\"Further pandemic precautions\" \/><br \/>\nAvicenna Pharmacy was only allowing one person in at a time, and Jhoots Pharmacy only allowed three. So they both had queues outside.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203031901.jpg\" alt=\"Further pandemic precautions\" \/><br \/>\nAbingdon County Hall Museum has closed <em>&#8216;due to the Coronavirus situation&#8217;<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Both Oxfam and the British Heart Foundation have closed all of their shops including the Abingdon ones. <\/p>\n<p>The TSB in Abingdon has closed temporarily, but as it is due to close anyway that could be permanent.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag20\/203031904.jpg\" alt=\"Further pandemic precautions\" \/><br \/>\nMostly Books are open, and are offering to deliver books free within a 5 mile radius.<\/p>\n<p>Schools close from tomorrow for most pupils. The only pupils allowed to school will be the children of key workers, and pupils with Education and Health Care Plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costa in Bury Street appeared to have removed its tables so that people can now only get take away drinks. Willows Shakeshop have closed &#8216;due to the coronavirus restrictions&#8217; and ask customers to follow them on Facebook for updates. There was a queue outside Boots, for the pharmacy, to get prescription, and pharmacy only drugs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}