Madrid and London face worse coronavirus outbreaks than Lombardy

Madrid and London are facing worse coronavirus outbreaks than Lombardy in Italy with deaths doubling every two days – but New York’s mortality rate could be set to outpace them all. New analysis of the number of deaths shows the number of fatalities in certain cities is fast outstripping the average mortality rate for even the … Read more

Hantavirus – from rats – caused death of man on bus in China

Man who died on a bus in China tests positive for deadly hantavirus that RATS spread to humans Diagnosis hits as China lifts quarantine restrictions designed to fight Covid-19  Sparked panic on social media but medics say the hantavirus is nothing new  Transmission between humans is rare but hantavirus kills 38 per cent of victims … Read more

Madrid and London face worse coronavirus outbreaks than Lombardy

Madrid and London are facing worse coronavirus outbreaks than Lombardy in Italy with deaths doubling every two days – but New York’s mortality rate could be set to outpace them all. The humanitarian cost of the pandemic continues to mount globally as more than 415,000 people have been infected with the deadly disease, and more … Read more

Italy’s coronavirus deaths spark fear of what’s to come for US

Italy’s dramatic rise in coronavirus cases has sparked fear for what lies ahead for the United States as the World Health Organization warned the US could soon become the global epicenter of the pandemic. The death toll in the United States increased to 628 on Tuesday while the number of infections rose to 50,075.  Italy … Read more

Italy’s coronavirus deaths spark fear of what’s to come for US

The number of coronavirus-related deaths and cases in Italy is now showing signs of a potential decrease as the World Health Organization warns the US could soon become the global epicenter of the pandemic following a ‘very large acceleration’ in infections.  Italy’s dramatic rise in coronavirus cases has been feeding the fear of what possibly … Read more

Wuhan doctor tests positive for coronavirus after the city reported zero cases for five days

Wuhan doctor tests positive for coronavirus after the city reported zero cases for five days in a row as leading doctor warns ‘mission is not accomplished’ for the former epicentre The medical worker was diagnosed yesterday, said the local health authority Officials said it was possible that he had contracted the disease through work  Comes … Read more

Medics are more likely to catch the coronavirus ‘because they get a higher dose of the infection’

Li Wenliang, 34, died from coronavirus in China. He was one of a group of doctors in China’s virus epicentre who shared posts on social media warning of a Sars-like virus spreading in the city in December. Front line medical staff and priests appear to be more likely to fall seriously ill or die from coronavirus, … Read more

More than 100,000 people have recovered from coronavirus across the globe

More than 100,000 people around the world have recovered from the novel coronavirus, new data shows. Since the outbreak began in December 2019, more than one-quarter of the 372,000 sickened people have recovered, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering. In China, more than 81,000 cases have been confirmed … Read more

Instagram influencers losing income as brand partnership deals dry up in the face of pandemic

Countless industries are being hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with a skyrocketing number of Americans losing their jobs. But while some of the suffering industries are obvious — restaurants, bars, travel, sports, gambling, movie theaters, retail, automakers, gyms — it turns out that Instagram influencers, too, are losing most, if not all, of their income.  … Read more

Shoppers in desperate hunt for paracetamol as supermarkets and chemists run out

Desperate shoppers all over the UK are hunting for paracetamol with supermarkets and chemists facing running out of the painkiller by this weekend amid the coronavirus outbreak. Exports of the world’s most popular painkiller, which the government is advising Brits to use to combat the symptoms of the killer virus, are being restricted by India … Read more