Back in September I wrote a column about the coming flu season. I warned about the very serious threat of a new virus emerging and causing a pandemic. It wasn’t a case of if, I said, but when. So will Covid-19, the coronavirus infection that has been devastating China, turn out to be a pandemic … Read more
The 78 Britons trapped aboard a coronavirus-blitzed cruise ship in Japan will watch their fellow American passengers evacuated home tomorrow, piling pressure on the UK government to take similar action. Two US State Department-chartered planes will airlift their stranded citizens from Yokohama, where the Diamond Princess liner has been docked in quarantine for 10 days. … Read more
All but one of Britain’s nine coronavirus victims are released from hospital are recovering from the virus First five Britons to catch the deadly disease caught it in a French ski chalet A University of York student and his mother also tested positive for the virus Latest victim was diagnosed in London on February 12 … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 1,380 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 64,400 have been infected in at least 28 countries and regions. But experts predict the true number of people … Read more
British father-of-two, 46, quarantined after catching coronavirus is released from Majorca hospital and can return home to Britain following two negative tests for deadly bug Health chiefs at Son Espases Hospital, Majorca, told expat that he could go home Briton picked up killer bug at a French ski resort and was admitted on February 7 Other … Read more
First coronavirus death in Europe: Chinese tourist DIES in French hospital after being struck down with bug By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 10:20 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 10:20 GMT, 15 February 2020 A coronavirus patient in France has died, becoming the first fatality of the infection in Europe. French Health Minister Agnes … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 1,380 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 64,400 have been infected in at least 28 countries and regions. But experts predict the true number of people … Read more
A Conservative MP who went to a coronavirus-breached conference has slapped down suggestions she should self-isolate after two Labour attendees quarantined themselves. Angela Richardson, the new representative for Guildford, toured an electric bus parked outside Westminster’s Queen Elizabeth II Centre on February 6. Delegates at the event included one patient subsequently diagnosed with the infection, … Read more
US is to evacuate 428 Americans from Diamond Princess cruise ship and put them in 14-day quarantine at California Air Force base By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 07:33 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 07:35 GMT, 15 February 2020 The US is to evacuate 428 Americans who have been trapped on board a cruise in Japan … Read more
On Thursday, 83 people evacuated from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, were released from their 14-day quarantine at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral in Merseyside. One of them, Ben Pinkerton, a 23-year-old teacher who works for Education First, an international language tuition and cultural exchange company, wrote exclusively … Read more
The British scientist leading the fight against coronavirus said forecasts of 400,00 UK deaths are ‘not absurd’ amid rising panic. Scientist Professor Neil Ferguson, of the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, spoke today about NHS research that indicates 60 per cent of Britons could ‘potentially’ be affected by the virus, formally known … Read more
Kevin Qiu, 42, was stopped at the Canadian border trying to come into the US. He claimed to have recently been in China and there was a warrant out for his arrest in Pennsylvania. Now, he’s detained in New York, under watch for coronavirus symptoms A 42-year-old fugitive from Brooklyn is now being held under … Read more
Beijing orders 14-day coronavirus quarantine for everyone arriving in the city as worldwide death tolls hits 1,384 with more than 64,400 infected and the first case recorded in Africa Beijing has ordered anyone returning to the city to be quarantined for 14 days Residents were told to either ‘self quarantine’ or go to ‘designated venues’ … Read more