{"id":1524,"date":"2020-03-18T13:23:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T13:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1524"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:47:02","slug":"coronavirus-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/news\/coronavirus-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus (Covid-19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Coronavirus Update<\/h1>\n\n\n<p>18th March 2020<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social wp-block-coblocks-social-profiles has-colors\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EdinFoodProject\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--facebook has-padding\" style=\"border-radius:40px\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\"><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>At Edinburgh Food Project, our number one priority will always be the safety and wellbeing of our staff, volunteers and the public we serve. This is a particularly difficult time for all and we would like to reassure that we are taking the necessary steps to mitigate the impact to our core foodbank services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will continue to monitor information and advice released by the NHS and the UK and Scottish governments in relation to the spread and containment of COVID-19 and will provide relevant updates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus Update 18th March 2020 At Edinburgh Food Project, our number one priority will always be the safety and wellbeing of our staff, volunteers and the public we serve. 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