The point of no return: Britain on the coronavirus brink as as officials give up stopping the disease and focus on delaying its inevitable onslaught Britain is facing a new phase in the coronavirus crisis following a surge in cases Ministers are now expected to escalate their response to the virus’ spread Focus will be … Read more
Connor Reed, a 25-year-old expat from Llandudno in North Wales, has worked in a school in Wuhan, China, for almost a year. In November he became the first British man to catch the coronavirus. From coughs and aches to burning up and spending the night in hospital, here’s how he beat the illness that is … Read more
Concerned shoppers hit by worries over the growing scale of the coronavirus in the United States are stocking up their ‘pandemic pantries’ to prepare for the possibility of the virus spiraling into a worldwide pandemic. Oatmilk, fruit snacks, pretzels and cat food have seen massive spikes in sales in the past week as those diagnosed … Read more
HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 per cent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than a cough and may never know they are infected. … Read more
NEW SOUTH WALES: 22 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
While millions of Americans are stocking up on hand sanitizer and toilet paper amid the coronavirus outbreak, other crafty citizens are trying to capitalize on the crisis. Creative vendors on Amazon and Etsy are producing their own coronavirus merchandise, poking fun at the epidemic by selling coffee mugs, tote bags, key chains and stress balls. … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Britain’s tourist hotspots have seen visitor numbers plummet as coronavirus grips hold of the UK. Typically bustling high streets in London saw far less shoppers than usual this afternoon, with only a handful of people seen venturing out into capital. Photographs from Oxford Street and New Bond Street show near-empty roads and streets in the West … Read more
Researchers urge public to link PCs to network so spare computing power can help develop a cure for coronavirus A downloadable client would utilize your machine’s unused computing power The download links your computer into a broader network of computers Researchers want to use that extra power to test models of covid-19 cures They hope … Read more
NEW SOUTH WALES: 22 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
A patient with coronavirus has died in Placer County marking the first coronavirus death in California. According to the Placer County Public Health. the patient was elderly and had pre-exisiting health conditions. Health officials say the person was likely exposed to the virus on a Princess cruise ship that departed from San Francisco to Mexico … Read more
Footage emerges claiming to show coronavirus victim body bags lined up in Iranian hospital amid fears regime is hiding true toll of the disease The footage was reportedly recorded by medical personnel in a hospital It shows lines of seemingly full body bags lining the floors of the hospital Comes amid accusations regime is concealing the … Read more
Cruise ship passengers were kept on an ocean liner in yet another coronavirus scare at sea today after a former shipmate tested positive in Italy. Some 2,300 people – including 39 Britons – were called back on board the MSC Opera from an excursion in Athens today and told not to leave the ship. Once … Read more