In early March, fear spread through the Pepys Estate in Deptford when posters appeared overnight warning residents that a family had tested positive for Covid-19.
“We have been told to self-isolate, but living in our flat here we are finding this impossible to do and are having to leave our flat throughout the day. We will try our best to leave and return to the building when no one else is about.”
The hand-made signs were placed around the communal areas of Eddystone Tower, one of the three 24-storey towers which forms part of the estate, which is managed by Lewisham Homes, the council’s arms-length management organisation….
