Local Responses to the Pandemic

It all seems quite normal out there (apart from the lack of toilet rolls in the Co-op!), but local people and businesses are starting to take the pandemic of Covid-19 seriously.
When I went into the chemist's over the weekend, the women at the till were wearing helmets with clear face guards, white coats and blue gloves.
Lucinda's hairdressers now has a sign up asking people to re-book their appointments if they have any symptoms (high temperature, cough) and not to come to have their hair done if they have just come back from a foreign holiday.
There's a hand sanitiser dispenser taped to the outside door of the Granary.
Meanwhile, on Facebook, there's a new page called Hay/Talgarth Community Covid 19 Support. They've been getting a list together of people who are willing to help vulnerable people locally - things like delivering groceries to people who are self-isolating, or phoning up isolated people to chat.
Cat Wylie-Fox will be live streaming her regular 2pm dog walking as a bit of entertainment for isolated people, on the Facebook page The Quarantine Break.
In Talgarth, they are thinking of using the old Coronation Café on the central square as a central point for supplies - the library was considered, but now it's part of the school building it might be best for older people and people with suppressed immune systems to avoid areas where children might be carrying the virus without symptoms themselves (or without serious symptoms).
In Hay the library was suggested as a central point too - it does have a separate entrance from the school building.
As a delaying tactic, to stop the virus from spreading so fast, Powys County Council have put out guidance. They are saying that anyone with a high temperature and/or a continuous cough should self-isolate for seven days. The County Council is also making it possible for as many of its staff as possible to work from home. Public Health Wales has advice on self-isolation. People are being asked to call 111 only if they feel they cannot cope with their symptoms at home, or their symptoms get worse.
The organisers of the Facebook page (including Gareth Ratcliffe) are now waiting for national and regional advice so they can plan for the best help to give and see where it will be needed.

The Bakers Table in Talgarth are ready to deliver bread in the Talgarth area, and the Rhydspence Inn does takeaways. Nonna Caterina Italian Food are preparing for being unable to operate their pop-up evenings by offering a Friday and Saturday delivery service of handmade pasta and dessert. All the pop-up evenings they have already arranged are happening, unless the advice changes.

Updated to add: The Science Café has cancelled future meetings for the foreseeable future, and the next Hay Music concert is also cancelled.