19 March (Part 2) - Councillor Complacent is on the case
While
I was more than a little annoyed that
an East Ham based care agency had not had
the foresight to draw up plans to combat the Corona Virus emergency and still
hasn’t seen fit to tell me what their belated arrangements might be, Bexley
Council employees are similarly upset that the Chief Executive has still not
taken urgent action over hot desking.
Another message from someone with Council connections told me that the dangers
of hot desking are well known and more cautious and perhaps more competent
management took appropriate action some weeks ago.
Google soon confirmed that he/she was right.
In response to your story of hot desks, many places in the City of London
banned this practice weeks ago to stop the spread of the virus. Many stories
online about Corona and hot desks.
Is Bexley complacent? Yes.There wasn’t a case in Bexley until the end of last week.
Now there are nearly double figures.
Such a rise anywhere else would see drastic measures. Bexley has acted. No events in libraries but they
remain open and whilst Councillor O’Neill has tweeted about VE Day street
parties, the Council website merely says they are not encouraging them but
they are not banned.
So has Bexley found its own COVID-19 cure? And to top it off
the bins are not being emptied. Serco are on strike. But you can take your
own rubbish to the amenity site. They have longer opening hours.
Note: It was announced this morning that the Serco bin strike has been called off.