British holidaymakers who have booked trips to Italy feel ‘torn’ on whether or not they should go on their trips and risk catching the coronavirus or stay home and lose their money. New travel advice from the UK government has extended the coronavirus warning to the whole of the country. Current advice states that people … Read more
Two British Airways staff have tested positive for coronavirus, Public Health England confirmed today.
A coronavirus pandemic would be ‘quite useful’ in killing off hospital bed blockers, a senior doctor claimed today in the wake of the first UK death. Professor June Andrews, a former Scottish government official, conceded the comments sounded ‘horrific’ but insisted they were an honest assessment of the consequences of a Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to … Read more
Two British Airways baggage handlers test positive for coronavirus, confirms Public Health England By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 13:55 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 14:00 GMT, 6 March 2020 Two British Airways baggage handlers have tested positive for coronavirus, the airline announced today. ‘Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed that two members of … Read more
The coronavirus death toll in the US is now at 14 after two more people were reported dead in Washington state as the number of confirmed cases across the country jumped to more than 200. Of the 14 deaths, 13 have been reported in Washington state and one in California. Many of the cases in … Read more
CCTV images have been released by police of a man suspected of carrying out a racially motivated attack of ‘coronavirus rage’. The pictures depict a suspect who is alleged to have punched and knocked a woman unconscious after she stepped in to defend her Chinese friend who she says was accused of carrying coronavirus. Trainee lawyer … Read more
Hospital patient in his 80s is feared to be Britain’s second coronavirus death as child at Alder Hey Hospital tests positive for killer infection By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:14 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 13:18 GMT, 6 March 2020 A man in his 80s with underlying health conditions is feared … Read more
A pensioner behind a £53million smuggling ring has been spared jail after his lawyer claimed he might be vulnerable to the coronavirus behind bars. Gilbert Khoo, 67, made a fortune smuggling critically endangered elver eels from a barn in Gloucestershire to the Far East. Khoo would import the live baby eels from Spain, hide them under … Read more
Daniel Craig’s new James Bond movie No Time to Die may have been pushed from early April to late November, but that isn’t stopping Craig from hosting Saturday Night Live, with a new promo debuting on Thursday. Craig was announced to host SNL in early February, when his new 007 film No Time To Die … Read more
Coronavirus infection toll hits 100,000 as Slovakia and Peru become the latest countries to confirm cases of the killer infection By Vanessa Chalmers Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 12:55 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 12:55 GMT, 6 March 2020 Coronavirus has infected more than 100,000 as Slovakia and Peru have become the latest countries … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 98,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The global death toll from coronavirus could reach as high as 15million even in the best-case pandemic scenario, a new study says. The research by the Australian National University also found that global GDP could shrink by as much as $2.3trillion even in what they call a ‘low-end’ pandemic. In the most disastrous scenario, the … Read more
The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more