Twitter tells ALL 5,000 employees around the world to work from home to avoid spread of coronavirus and makes it mandatory for those in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea Twitter’s decision follows similar requests by governments in virus hotspots Working from home will be mandatory in South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan South Korea … Read more
Air pollution is reducing global life expectancy by three years, killing 8.8million people a year, a study shows. More people are dying early from breathing toxic air than some of the largest killers, including malaria, HIV, war and smoking. Scientists led by Germany fear the world is facing an air pollution ‘pandemic’ after analysing deaths … Read more
Jimmy Bartel ‘likes’ a shocking comment about his ‘Instagram obsessed’ ex Nadia while on holiday in Japan with new girlfriend Lauren Mand Ex-footy star, 36, appeared to ‘like’ a comment blasting his estranged wife The comment in question described Nadia as ‘boring’ and ‘Instagram obsessed’ A fan noticed and wrote, ‘I’ve just lost much respect for … Read more
Don’t visit your GP if you think you have coronavirus, NHS says – stay home instead, self-isolate and ring 111 Health chiefs want suspected coronovirus patients to self isolate and dial 111 Officials fear attending a surgery or pharmacy will help spread the deadly virus So far 10,483 people have been tested in the UK … Read more
A UK passenger still in isolation after the Japan cruise ship coronavirus outbreak said today that he and his wife are being ‘really well cared for’ hours after a fellow British traveller died from the disease. David Abel and his wife Sally were both on board the ship, where more than 700 tourists became infected, … Read more
The armed forces along with the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance volunteers could be drafted in to support the NHS after 23 test positive for coronavirus in the UK. Military doctors and nurses would be on hand at hospitals where staff are too ill to work or are self-isolating, under ministerial plans for … Read more
Bob Weighton is spry, beady, dryly funny and has better hearing than me. He pops down to Waitrose, does his own cooking, reads avidly, writes poetry, makes furniture and ornaments out of recycled materials, is well-versed in current affairs and has only recently given up his ecological column in Church News. Which, had he been 80, … Read more
Emergency laws to tackle coronavirus are being rushed in after the outbreak claimed its first British life yesterday. The measures will be announced next week to ensure public services and the transport network can keep operating if the crisis worsens. The unnamed British victim died in Japan after contracting the virus on the Diamond Princess … Read more
The coronavirus is sending the world into a panic and hackers are using it as bait to steal people’s personal data. Security experts have discovered cybercriminals are sending emails with a malicious strain of software disguised as information about the outbreak. The emails, discovered in Japan, claim the virus has spread like wildfire throughout the … Read more
Japanese woman in her 70s becomes the fifth Diamond Princess passenger to die from coronavirus Woman became fifth Diamond Princess passenger to die of coronavirus Friday The woman, who was in her 70s and from Tokyo, was diagnosed on February 6 She was taken to hospital but condition deteriorated on 19th and she died Friday … Read more
Japan‘s Olympic torch relay may be scaled back because of the coronavirus outbreak, organisers admitted today amid growing doubts about the Games. The symbolic torch is due to arrive in Japan next month before it is taken on a 121-day journey past some of the country’s most famous landmarks. Chief executive Toshiro Muto says the … Read more
Around 14 per cent of coronavirus patients tested positive a second time in one Chinese region despite being given the all clear. A health official in Guangdong Province told The New York Times the reinfected patients had been discharged from hospital after testing negative for the virus but then fell ill again later. It follows reports in Japan of … Read more
Shinzo Abe has ordered all schools to close The Japanese prime minister has today ordered the closure of all schools in the country for a month in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. Shinzo Abe said: ‘The government considers the health and safety of children above anything else. ‘We request all primary, junior high … Read more