Are elderly people at greater risk from coronavirus and what should you do if they are told to self-isolate? Your guide to helping elderly relatives lower the risk of falling ill By Ben Spencer Medical Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 23:35 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 02:42 GMT, 6 March 2020 Are elderly … Read more
Men are 65 per cent more likely to die from coronavirus, new analysis has revealed – despite the gender balance for those testing positive being roughly split in half. Figures from the World Health Organisation and Chinese scientists has revealed that 1.7 per cent of woman who catch the virus will die compared to 2.8 … Read more
A child at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital is understood to have tested positive for coronavirus. The young child was admitted to the hospital yesterday and has was today diagnosed with the virus, a source revealed. A member of staff, who wants to remain anonymous, said he had been sent home from work this afternoon … Read more
An 88-year-old wife was pictured attempting to communicate with her husband of 60 years through the window of the quarantined care home at the center of the US coronavirus outbreak. In the heartwrenching photos, obtained by DailyMail.com, Dorothy Campbell is seen peering through the glass at her husband Gene, 89, who is trapped like a prisoner inside the Life Care … Read more
NEW SOUTH WALES: 27 January 25 Three men aged 43, 53, and 35 who had recently travelled to China contracted the disease. Two flew in from Wuhan while the other arrived in Sydney from Shenzhen, south China. They were treated in isolation at Westmead Hospital. January 27 A 21-year-old woman is identified as the fourth … Read more
Coronavirus is being blamed for the collapse of Flybe, despite the fact that the airline has been in trouble for years. The 2,000 staff who find themselves out of work are rightly furious. One raged: ‘Is coronavirus the new go-to excuse after Brexit?’ Yes, I’m afraid it is. Flybe may be the first failing company … 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 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Daniel Craig is reportedly reconsidering his previous claim that No Time To Die would be his last James Bond film and may return for a sixth installment. The actor, 52, has reportedly told his PR team not to market the film as his last outing as 007, despite previously claiming he was done with the … Read more
They say scary times call for steady heads. Fortunately, Professor Chris Whitty is one weirdly cool hombre. For 90 minutes yesterday, England’s Chief Medical Officer answered questions from the Commons health committee on the coronavirus outbreak. No notes, no sprawling entourage. He didn’t so much as require a replenishing tumbler of Highland Spring as he … Read more
An allergy and infectious diseases specialist has issued a severe warning to nail biters about how the bad habit could seriously increase the risk of contracting coronavirus. Purvi Parikh, an allergy and infectious disease specialist with New York University’s Langone Medical Center, advised that all kinds of ‘bacteria, viruses, dirt, and debris’ can collect under … Read more
As the number of coronavirus cases increases in the US, there is another number also on the rise: patients who have recovered. There are currently more than 200 cases of the highly-contagious disease in at least 18 states, and 11 deaths. But at least 15 people in six states are said to have made full … Read more
Every New Yorker who has traveled and recently returned from China, Japan, Iran, Italy and South Korea have been told by the city’s mayor to self-quarantine for 14 days as a coronavirus precaution. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the recommendation at a press conference on Thursday where he struck a more concerned tone than in … Read more
As the coronavirus crisis teeters on the edge of becoming a global pandemic, bizarre myths about its origin and how to treat it have been running rampant online. Conspiracy theorists have speculated that the 5G mobile network created the virus by ‘sucking oxygen out of people’s lungs’. One theory doing the rounds on social idea claims … Read more