Another 90 evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus

Another 90 Wuhan evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus as Americans stranded in Japan slam US officials for ‘abandoning us here’ 90 evacuees were released from their quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday They had been evacuated from Wuhan, considered to be the epicenter of … Read more

Primark, Asos and Halfords fear supply shortages as coronavirus crisis triggers factory closures

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 75,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

The outrageous way Australian university is getting around coronavirus travel ban

REVEALED: How an Australian university is getting around the coronavirus travel ban by PAYING Chinese students to exploit loophole Australian university offering to pay Chinese students $1500 to dodge travel ban The ban stops those travelling from mainland China from coming into Australia The Australian government extended travel ban on Thursday until February 29  Western Sydney … Read more

Hit by Wuhan flu: How diggers, diamonds and even James Bond are among the victims of the coronavirus

From dentists to diggers, from Bond to Bicester Village, the wider impact of the coronavirus crisis is only now beginning to be felt. With parts of China, the world’s second largest economy, still effectively closed for business, industries across the world that rely on the country to manufacture their products or parts are being hit … Read more

Another Wuhan hospital chief ‘fights for her life after contracting coronavirus’ 

Another hospital chief at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak has reportedly been hospitalised after contracting the disease.  Dr Wang Ping, the head of Wuhan No. 8 Hospital, was being treated at the city’s Jinyintan Hospital, state media said today. Just yesterday, the director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital died of the disease following ‘all-out rescue … Read more

Indonesia’s claim it has no cases of the coronavirus is ‘unlikely’, expert warns

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,900 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 73,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Beijing punishes three Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘the real sick man of Asia’ headline

China has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for The Wall Street Journal after the U.S. newspaper declined to apologise for a headline that called China ‘the real sick man of Asia’ amid the coronavirus outbreak. The opinion column, penned by an American professor and published earlier this month, has been deemed racist and slanderous by Beijing. … Read more

Coronavirus death toll climbs to more than 2,000 with more than 75,000 cases recorded across world

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,900 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 73,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

350 Americans from quarantine stations in California are released

Nearly 350 Americans evacuated from China amid the coronavirus outbreak were released from two separate quarantine stations in California on Tuesday. The first group had been in isolation at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield and the second was at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. All of the US citizens had been … Read more

Some people are more likely to infect others with coronavirus as they are prone to milder symptoms

Until recently few people had heard the term super-spreader, but last week it became a part of our everyday language. This began largely with Steve Walsh, a Scout leader in Hove, who found unwelcome fame when he was named as a ‘super-spreader’ of the new strain of coronavirus. The term is used to describe those … Read more

Coronavirus: Chinese media reports Head of Wuhan has died

Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuchang Hospital, died of the novel coronavirus today, according to Chinese media A Wuhan health official said the head of the city’s Wuchang Hospital was still being rescued after media reported he had died of the novel coronavirus. Dr Liu Zhiming is said to be undergoing resuscitation after falling critically … Read more

Chinese scientists are testing 2,000-year-old traditional remedies on coronavirus patients

Chinese scientists ‘are using 2,000-year-old traditional remedies on patients suffering with coronavirus’ say experts Doctors in Wuhan testing traditional Chinese medicines to treat the coronavirus New pharmaceutical drugs being listed alongside ancient traditional therapies  One remedy is shuanghuanglian, a herbal medicine made from Lian Qiao extract Dried fruit said to have been used to treat … Read more