Switzerland has today banned all events involving more than 1,000 people in a drastic bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. The Swiss government announced the emergency measure today and said it will last until at least March 15. The move comes as the world teeters on the brink of a pandemic, with Iceland now … 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 have told athletes to train as … Read more
Switzerland has today banned all events involving more than 1,000 people in a drastic bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. The Swiss government announced the emergency measure today and said it will last until at least March 15. Elsewhere, cases have surged again in South Korea today where 571 new infections brought the total … Read more
The London stock market fell to a 13-month low today as coronavirus fears continue to grip investors with shares also slumping across Asia. The FTSE 100 index of the UK’s biggest listed companies has now fallen more than 7 per cent in the past four days, and fell 2.6 per cent in early trading on Thursday. The losses mirrored … Read more
Coronavirus fears have gripped South Korea as President Moon warned of a ‘very grave’ outbreak, officials screened 200,000 ‘cult’ members and a Korean Air cabin crew member tested positive for the deadly virus. Concerns centred on the southeastern city of Daegu this morning where residents donned face-masks, wore vinyl gloves on trains, rushed to supermarkets … Read more
British tourists are trapped in a quarantined hotel in Tenerife today with police patrolling the complex after an Italian visitor tested positive for coronavirus. Around 1,000 guests are on lockdown at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace with the resort ‘closed down’ over virus fears. One couple, David Hoon and Pamela Scott, say they fear that ‘we … Read more
Australians should not travel to China and should be very careful in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong as coronavirus sweeps the world. The deadly flu-like infection – which spawned in Wuhan, China in December – has already claimed more than 2,500 lives globally and infected 22 people in Australia. The mass outbreak has prompted the … Read more
An unwell coach driver sparked a coronavirus panic at a French bus station today after arriving with virus symptoms from Italy, where six people have now died in Europe’s first major outbreak. French police impounded the FlixBus coach in Lyon today after it arrived from Milan with the driver reportedly suffering a bad cough. After a … Read more
Hundreds of people have been filmed queuing up to buy face masks in the city at the centre of South Korea‘s coronavirus outbreak. A long line of people snaked out the doors of a supermarket in the city of Daegu on Monday as people tried to protect themselves against the spread of the disease amid fears … Read more
Experts have warned the world has reached a coronavirus ‘tipping point’ after an explosion of cases in the last few days, including three deaths in Italy, and another four infected in Britain, sparked panic in Europe. It comes as Austria last night briefly halted all trains moving to and from Italy which has locked down … Read more
Four of the Britons evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus after returning to the UK. Health officials confirmed yesterday that tests at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral – where 32 passengers were being quarantined – showed the quartet had contracted the Covid-19 strain. The new cases, which bring … Read more
More than half of all South Korea‘s coronavirus cases are linked to a secretive ultra-religious cult whose leader believes he is immortal. South Korean officials today confirmed at least 231 of the country’s 433 new cases are linked to outbreaks at a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu. Korea’s Centers for Disease Control … Read more
Coronavirus experts are more worried that they are unable to trace where clusters of the bug are breaking out than they are about the rising numbers of infections. In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. World Health Organization officials … Read more