The coronavirus could become an infection that never goes away and causes seasonal outbreaks of illness, according to scientists. Countries around the world are in the grip of the first ever epidemics of the virus, which has infected around 90,000 people and killed more than 3,000. While the number of cases in South Korea, Italy … Read more
Alarming videos show Iranians LICKING holy shrines in religious tradition as country’s clerical hardliners refuse to close sites despite coronavirus outbreak The regime has shut schools, universities and sports centres to prevent spread But the hardline clerical establishment have still refused to close holy sites Clips show people licking the doors and burial mound inside … Read more
‘Such heroism’: Piers Morgan takes sarcastic swipe at Jon Snow as Channel 4 presenter complains of ‘loneliness’ during self-imposed coronavirus isolation The veteran Channel 4 News presenter, 72, is sheltering himself for 14 days He’s completing the exile after he visited coronavirus-hit Iran to cover elections GMB host Piers Morgan couldn’t resist a dig, sarcastically calling … Read more
US spies will use eavesdropping tools and undercover informants to monitor global spread of coronavirus amid ‘serious concerns’ it will explode in India and doubts over how Iran will cope with outbreak, source reveals Sources warn India’s available countermeasures are serious cause for concern The country’s population density increases the potential for the virus to spread … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 83,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower on Thursday, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepened investor worries about growth and corporate earnings. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 431.59 points, or 1.60 percent, to 26,526, and quickly plunged by as much as 800 points. The S&P 500 opened down 1.73 … Read more
The head of the World Health Organisation today told governments to ‘act aggressively’ to contain the global coronavirus crisis. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the major virus outbreaks in Iran and Italy in recent days ‘demonstrate what this virus is capable of’. The global health chief warned that it would be a ‘fatal mistake, quite literally’ … Read more
Iran’s vice president and spokeswoman for 1979 hostage-takers is infected with coronavirus, state media reveals By Associated Press Published: 14:19 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 14:19 GMT, 27 February 2020 A state-owned newspaper in Iran says Masoumeh Ebtekar, a vice president in the Islamic Republic and a spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage-takers, has the … Read more
The Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus has vowed that the regime will bring the spiralling outbreak under control. Iraj Harirchi said Iran would be ‘victorious in our combat against this virus’ in a video message he recorded after he was taken into quarantine yesterday. Harirchi’s diagnosis was an embarrassment for the regime after he … Read more
Nick Robinson revealed today he is in coronavirus self-quarantine after returning from a holiday to Vietnam and Cambodia with a cough – joining Channel 4’s Jon Snow who has just come back from Iran. The BBC Today host revealed how he drove to hospital to be met by a nurse in full protective gear for … Read more
Veteran C4 news presenter Jon Snow is put in coronavirus QUARANTINE in Iran after travelling to the country where 16 have died to cover the election He is following Department for Health guidelines, according to Channel 4 News Snow does not have symptoms of the virus and did not visit the worst-hit areas Snow’s producer … Read more
Jon Snow coronavirus scare: Channel 4 journalist, 72, is in quarantine after travelling to Iran to cover their election after 16 people died in growing outbreak there He is following Department for Health guidelines, according to Channel 4 News Snow does not have symptoms of the virus and did not visit the worst-hit areas Snow’s … Read more
Iran‘s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus amid a rapidly worsening outbreak in the Islamic republic today. Iraj Harirchi was taken into quarantine just a day after sweating heavily at a press conference where he insisted that the outbreak was not as bad as feared. The virus’s spread into the health ministry is … Read more