The once bustling streets of the vibrant French Quarter in New Orleans remain empty but for restaurant workers and a few lonely musicians as Louisiana moves past the projected peak of its coronavirus outbreak with one of the highest fatality rates in the country. Deaths in Orleans parish, which encompasses the city, hit 224 on … Read more
Podcast maker Audioboom sees turnover rise 40% in the first quarter but warns advertising revenue could be hit by coronavirus By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:59 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 7 April 2020 Audioboom has long been backed by property tycoon Nick Candy (who is married to actress … Read more
Britain’s water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years as climate change leads to milder winters and endangered ducks and waders become more reliant on protected wetland sites Volunteers survey British wetlands every month to assess population numbers The British Trust for Ornithology has been running the bird survey for 70 years Its results … Read more
Not a great start to the year! FTSE suffers its worst quarter since 1987 as coronavirus crisis sees shares tumble By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:21 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 23:22 BST, 31 March 2020 Britain’s stock market has suffered its worst run for more than three decades as the … Read more
Car, bus and train use plummets across UK as road traffic falls to a quarter of its normal volume since country entered lockdown Sir Patrick Vallance said there had been ‘dramatic’ drop in use of public transport He said that these efforts will lead to a drop in the transmission of the disease TfL data … Read more
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
One in four Britons could be tested for coronavirus to try to shorten the lockdown. In a sign that ministers have finally accepted the urgency of mass testing, officials have agreed deals to buy 17.5million kits for use by mid-April. They hope to identify contagion hotspots as well as people who are immune. The tests would … Read more
One in four Britons could be tested for coronavirus to try to shorten the lockdown. In a sign that ministers have finally accepted the urgency of mass testing, officials have agreed deals to buy 17.5million kits for use by mid-April. They hope to identify contagion hotspots as well as people who are immune. Britain is currently … Read more