What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
French and Italian authorities are evacuating coronavirus patients from their worst-hit regions to Germany for treatment. Patients were seen arriving at Hamburg Airport where medics stretchered them from planes to hospital for treatment. The French authorities have established a centre for migrants to use as shelter at the Jean Jaures gymnasium in Paris. France has … Read more
A bid to evacuate coronavirus patients from hard-hit areas of eastern France has begun, with German forces stepping in to take some to hospitals over the border. Two specially modified TGV high-speed trains carried 36 patients from Mulhouse and Nancy toward hospitals along France’s western coast today, where the outbreak has been limited so far. … Read more
France is building military field hospitals as the world intensifies its battle against coronavirus with deaths hitting 13,274 and cases soaring above 300,000. Soldiers were pictured setting up medical centres in Mulhouse, which along with Alsace, is France’s worst-hit region. Shoppers in Dubai are now greeted with ‘stay safe’ markings in supermarkets to encourage social distancing … Read more
France is building military field hospitals as the world intensifies its battle against coronavirus with deaths hitting 13,274 and cases soaring above 300,000. Soldiers were pictured setting up medical centres in Mulhouse, which along with Alsace, is France’s worst-hit region. Shoppers in Dubai are now greeted with ‘stay safe’ markings in supermarkets to encourage social distancing … Read more
TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) WAR BOOKS OF THE YEAR TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) Wars are fought not by politicians and generals, but by ordinary people called on to do extraordinary things. Like the brothers and sisters of the middle-class … Read more
Military Wives Cert: 12A, 1hr 52mins Rating: The film year is not quite the same as the calendar … Read more