By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more
The turtles have been disloyal. That’s what Keilu, our water sports supremo, tells us mournfully on our first morning. Normally, you can just snorkel out to them, but after a few days of rough seas they headed off and haven’t returned. Keilu seems genuinely upset by their desertion. But his inability to produce aquatic reptiles … Read more
World battles to stave off another Great Depression as United States faces 24% slump in output By Hugo Duncan and James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:57 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 20 March 2020 Financial markets swung wildly yesterday as governments and central banks stepped up their unprecedented fight to … 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
Four men who gang-raped and murdered 23-year-old student Jyoti Singh on a Delhi bus in 2012 have today been hanged. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were all hanged in the high-security Tihar prison in Delhi early this morning, seven years after their crime which sparked worldwide protests. The victim’s mother Asha … Read more
Four men were hanged in India today for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge protests and worldwide revulsion. Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were all hanged in the high-security Tihar prison in Delhi early this morning. The victim’s mother declared that … Read more
Having won two gold medals in the 2017 under-18 kayaking world cup when she was just 15, it’s fair to say Georgia Carmichael was in peak condition. But just six weeks after the event, she was struck down with searing headaches, chronic fatigue and an unbearable sensitivity to bright lights. Within months, she had suffered a … 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
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE RULES OF CONTAGION By Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection £16.99, 352 pp) Were there a Booker Prize for timeliness, this nuggety gem of a book would be a shoo-in. But don’t think this is an opportunistic (or a simply lucky) attempt to ride on the back of the coronavirus pandemic. The … Read more
Universal’s new Super Nintendo World will let visitors play real-life versions of their favourite video games, including Super Mario The new theme park will open this summer at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka One experience will be based on Super Mario’s Mushroom Kingdom Universe Visitors will wear wristbands to collect digital coins – just like Mario … Read more