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2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic

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[https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it WHO, ‘Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it’] (Retrieved 18 March 2020)</ref>
On 11 March WHO characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic, a global outbreak. During March it escalated quickly in Europe and elsewhere leading to several countries prohibiting international movement and ‘lockdowns’ in regions and countries, with measures for ‘social isolation’distancing’.
==UK Timeline==
*18 March: it postponed train services and closed [[The Engine House]] and Refreshment Rooms for the rest of March and throughout April. It also cancelled the following events: Easter Holidays, [[Spring Steam Gala]], [[Open House Weekend]], Spring Diesel Festival and 50th Anniversary event.
*20 March: it confirmed that the pubs at Kidderminster and Bridgnorth would close. It also launched an emergency appeal for funding to help the railway survive. By 24 March this had raised £50,000.
*26 March: an updated appeal was launched for share purchases and donations, seeking £250,000 "to keep the Railway ticking over for the next three months".
*2 April: the appeal reached £120,000.
*9 April: the total closure was extended until at least the end of May.*15 April: the total closure was extended until at least the end of June, and the 1940s event cancelled.
==Effects on the SVR==
The combination of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2020-2029#2020|February's flooding and land movements]], the continuing planned work at Falling Sands and coronavirus and meant the SVR was faced with a serious financial challenge. Three-quarters of paid staff were temporarily 'furloughed', volunteers instructed not to attend, and only minimal contract engineering workcontinued. The railway remained unconnected between Bewdley and Kidderminster.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blapr20 Branch Lines, April 2020] (Retrieved 2 April 2020)</ref>.
==See also==
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