Lockdown

Simon Robert Armitage              Biography.  :.             

                 He was born in 26 May  1963 is an English poet , playwright and novelist who  was appointed poet Laureate on 10 May. 2019 . He is also professor of poetry at the University of Leeds and succeeded Geoffrey Hill as Oxford Professor of poetry when he was elected to the four - year part - time appointment from 2015 to 2019.       

      Lockdown :

Poet Laureate says society may emerge from the pandemic slightly slower and wiser at the other rndy.

     Simon Armitage has written a poem to address the Coronavirus and a Lockdown that is slowly being imple- mented across the UK. Saying that the art form  can be contemplative .

   The poet laureate's new poem Lockdown moves from the outbreak of bubonic plague in Eyam in the 17 th century . When a bale of cloth from London brought fleas carrying village to the Derbyshire village ,to the epic poem Meghaduta by the Sanskrit port Kalidasa.

    Armitage who is at home with his family in west Yorkshire said that "as the lockdown became more apparent and it felt like  the restrictions were closing in the plague in Eyam became more and more resonant" to him.

   His poem references Eyam's boundary stone , which contained holes that the quarantined villages would put their money in to pay for provisions from outside, and then full with vinegar in the hope it would cleanse the coins. It also touches on the doomed romance between a girl' who lived in Eyam and a boy outside the village who talked to her from a distance ,untill the stopped coming .

Covid - 19 Affects 

 

Affects different people in different  ways

• Most common Symptoms : 

           Fever 

           Cough 

           Tiredness

            Loss y teste or smell

• Less common Symptoms :

          Sore throat 

          Headache 

          Aches and  pains

           Diarrhoea

          A rash on skin or discolouration of             fingers or toes 

          Red or irritated eyes.

• Serious symptoms :

        Difficulty breathing or shortness of 

         Breath 

        Loss of speech or mobility or 

        Confusion

         Chest pain

   

Seek  immediate medical attention if you have serious symptoms. Always call before visiting your doctor or health facility .

 People with mild symptoms who are otherwise healthy should manager their symptoms at home .

On average it takes 5-6 days from when someone If inflected with the virus for symptoms to show . However it can take up to 14 days.