Steve Pond and Dom Townsend share an apartment, right above a pub in Stoke Newington, a hamlet in North London. The pub has been, as per the government norms, closed to the public, for quite some time. Townsend, the assistant manager of the pub, does look back fondly to the times when the pub was a hive of activity. However, at the moment, neither Townsend nor Pond has any complaints of having nothing to do, unlike a majority of the global population.

After the USA, the UK has reported the highest confirmed cases. The pandemic wave struck the UK in late January 2020, with London, the capital and the largest city of England bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the UK. So far 206,715 have been confirmed positive, out of which 30,615 have died. On March 20, 2020, the government shut all schools, restaurants, pubs and various other places that encourage crowds.