Coronavirus positive: Good news round-up - the dawning of the age of aquaria
We've all been saying it. The mood is sweeping the nation. It's the question on all of our lips. When can I go to an aquarium again?
As with many similar questions the answer is: this Saturday!
If you're not excited enough about standing a metre closer to everyone, doing some non-essential business or drinking in a pub (dependent on providing your birth certificate in triplicate, countersigned by seven witnesses and donating a pint of blood) then have we got the activity for you!
You'll be able to look at all the fish your heart desires from this coming weekend, as the UK's 30-odd aquaria re-open for business. Yes, we checked both the number and the correct plural.
Over at the Tynemouth Aquarium in North Shields they're gearing up for Saturday's re-opening with a thorough cleaning job. Hope someone has spotted the thing which should not be in this tank:
On closer inspection the diver is cleaning the inside of the windows, presumably to give the sealife the best possible inverse-aquarium view of landwalking humans:
A 10/10 for dedication, the least you can do now is pay your local aquarium a visit.
Marvel at the minnows! Gawp at some guppies! Swim with a squid! In fact, probably not the last one. Let's not get carried away.
Elsewhere, the prospect of a foreign holiday this year has become far more likely with the news that the Government has canned plans for air bridges, and will instead reveal a long list of destinations it's safe to travel to.
Sarah Knapton reports that a significant number of us have some level of natural immunity to coronavirus. And are you aware of our excellent Cookbook? Hundreds of recipes, beautifully presented. Get stuck in.
Here’s Harriet with the rest of today’s good news:
Thanks to the empty streets during lockdown in Tunisia, hundreds of women are learning to ride bikes for the first time – something that previously has been viewed in the country as a boys-only activity. Every Sunday morning, dozens of novice cyclists who missed the chance to learn to ride a bike as children, take part in a cycling academy. The school has so far taught 700 cyclists, 97 per cent of whom are women. Samla, 40, told AFP: "We didn't learn as girls, it wasn't the done thing in our culture. This patriarchal view of society meant that only boys were given bikes. Thankfully things are changing now.”
After months of supporting Barcelona’s healthcare system by offering rooms to Covid-19 patients, the staff at the Melia Sarria hotel lined the corridors to wave goodbye to the last patients. Since March more than 500 patients have stayed at the hotel, which at one point was at full occupancy.
Tokyo’s Disney Resort welcomed visitors back for the first time in four months on Wednesday. Theme park goers practised social distancing, wore face masks and were encouraged to avoid screaming on rides...
Venezuelan music and art teachers are starting to teach children online for the first time – a challenge due to the country’s regular blackouts. The artists are facing the challenge anyway. Virtual classes are being taught twice a week and story tellers are filming themselves reading tales from home to keep children motivated.
By Harriet Barber
TODAY’S MOODBOARD
Three pleasant things to put into your head
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Haircuts! At last! Here's how yours might look in practice:
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Here's a delightful lavender field in Puimoisson in southern France:
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Do you have some good news to share? What's made you happier in the past 24 hours? Have you seen a pleasing picture? Please send it all our way, either by commenting below or emailing coronapositive@telegraph.co.uk
