Derry woman Cait McDermott says it is too risky coming home from London this Christmas
But Cait McDermott say she’s taken the “heart-breaking decision” to cancel her holiday plans because of the Coronavvirus pandemic and its new variant strain sweeping London and the south east of England.
The risk, she says, is “just too big”.
“There’s some comfort knowing I am not the only one to get home,” she says.
“It is obviously really sudden, its affecting so, so many people’s plans. I know my other friends from Derry in London aren’t getting back either,” she says.
Last week she had taken a Coronavirus test in preparation for travelling home which returned a negative result.
But with new restrictions imposed in London, she had to re-think her original plans to spend Christmas with her family.
“I just wouldn’t feel comfortable sitting beside my granny next week. Even if I did get back I would have felt bad or worried.
“It is heart-breaking I won’t be seeing them this Christmas, hopefully in January I can get something booked and have something to look forward to”.
Staying in London, she adds, is the “right thing to do”.
“It is one of those things, it can’t be helped.
“Thankfully I live with my boyfriend, if I lived alone I might be more tempted to just go and break the rules,” she says.
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