[First go at this, not exhaustive but some highlights – we will try to do something similar each day – with an emphasis on local announcements]
- Gloucester and Cheltenham Hospitals announce changes to visiting (see https://www.facebook.com/gloshospitals/photos/a.482671885103737/2739405156097054/?type=3&theater)
- Stroud Maternity Unit also announces changes – all ante-natal classes, yoga and tours of the unit cancelled – to protect women and babies using the unit for birth and ante-natal appointments (https://www.facebook.com/GlosMVP/posts/1366251470243741?hc_location=ufi)
- First cases in Stroud district confirmed – two members of a Dursley Golf Club (https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/18300871.golf-club-dursley-remain-open-members-diagnosed-coronavirus/)
- Six cases confirmed in Gloucestershire (https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/18298811.fourth-person-gloucestershire-tests-positive-coronavirus/)
- Cheltenham MP Alex Chalk self-isolating after contact with minister confirmed to have the virus (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-51868374)
- Forest Green Rovers game vs Northampton and all games till 3rd April at least cancelled (https://www.fgr.co.uk/news/march-2020/news-efl-postpones-games-until-april-3)
Nationally/international:
- Many other sporting events cancelled (a list: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-and-sport-a-list-of-the-major-cancellations)
- Many cultural events cancelled (list: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-culture-arts-films-gigs-festivals-cancellations)
- “Countries should find and test every case of coronavirus to stop the pandemic, the World Health Organization has said a day after the UK announced that only the most seriously ill will be tested” (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/who-urges-countries-to-track-and-trace-every-covid-19-case)
- UK deaths rise to 10 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51845861)