Coronavirus is continuing to spread across the UK at an exponential rate. The deadly virus took only 13 days for the number of deaths to go from one to more than 100. And it has only taken a further 10 days for the total to go from 100 to more than 1,000. Gov.uk said: “As […]
Belgium’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed the 500 mark Monday, with almost 12,000 cases detected since the start of the epidemic. Health authorities in the country of 11.4 million said 513 COVID-19 deaths had been recorded and 11,899 cases confirmed by laboratory tests. But officials said the rise in admissions to hospital and […]
Coronavirus has now claimed 35 lives in the UK, as 14 new deaths were announced yesterday. Nick Mathews, 59, has been named the UK’s youngest victim, a revelation that is bound to stoke further fears about the scope and severity of the virus. In the wake of the rise in cases and death toll, the […]
France’s famed Louvre museum, the world’s most visited, closed Sunday as coronavirus cases mounted across Europe and beyond, with the global death toll nearing 3,000. The virus has now infected more than 88,000 people and spread to more than 60 countries around the world, well beyond the epicentre in China where it first emerged late […]
Coronavirus is predicted to become more rampant in the coming weeks and the latest jump in fatalities crystallises these fears. Over the last 24 hours, 83 new patients have tested positive for the pathogen, putting the current number of cases at 456. The rapid escalation underscores the importance of maintaining social distancing to stem the […]
Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus, a public health advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted Wednesday, days after Islamabad closed its land border with Iran, where 19 people have died from the virus. “I can confirm first two cases of corona virus in Pakistan. Both cases are being taken care […]
Banning tanning beds ‘would save lives and billions in medical costs’ by preventing up to 10MILLION cases of skin cancer in young people alive today, scientists say The research came from Australia, where indoor tanning beds are banned Experts say stopping young people using the machines would cut cancer rates More than 160,000 skin cancer […]
Another SPIKE in coronavirus cases in China with 5,000 new cases recorded in 24 hours as death toll nears 1,400 in China China has reported another sharp rise in the number of people infected with the killer coronavirus, with the death toll now nearing 1,400. The National Health Commission said 121 more deaths were recorded […]
Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency says authorities have confirmed two cases of the new coronavirus, the first in the country. The report on Wednesday did not elaborate on the nationality of the two people infected by the virus. ISNA quoted an official in the country’s health ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, as saying that “since last two […]
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 — After charting a slight decline in growth earlier this week, new coronavirus cases in China jumped by almost 15,000 in a single day, while the death count spiked to 1,367, Chinese health officials reported Thursday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Wednesday that a 14th […]
