Understanding the News

Hi Robin. Thanks for yours explanations. I live in Igualada. It’s the capital of Anoia region, in Catalona (Spain) at 60 Km. from Barcelona. Like you, I’m confinated from earlier days of march and now the lockdown is being very hard. Despite since las saturday we can go out to do sport or promenades, it’s not possible to leave our city. Also, they are lot of shops and enterprises that can’t open and they could be the downfall from many owners. So, they are many workers that can stay inemployed for long time. I hope the prevention rules will be… Read more »

I’m in Maputo,Mozambique
The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is under control. We got 81 cases of positive for Covid 19 and zero depths. So the government declared the emergency state with restrions and específico measures to be observed. No lockdown is still there in Mozambique. We hope the situation tends to flattening the curve.
Best regards
Teófilo João

Hi teacher Robin thanks for your explanation about the vocabulary related to covi-19, in my country Dominican Republic is going worse because the numbers are still increasing And lockdown has been really difficult also It’s taking more time than expected.

Hello, Robin! I’ll try to use these words in my small topic. It’s unusual experience for me but I hope it helps to improve my English. I am from Russia and we have the same problems with covid 19. We are on lockdown but some of us (like me) continue to work. Not at home. Also we use prevention like wearing masks and gloves and hold the distance between each other. The information is being covered on TV constantly.

I am connecting from El Salvador, here we have diferent opinion about the actions apply for the government. But I think that with hard sick a hard solution. The problem is that each one has different life also an economic source to live.