The number of people going to A&E departments in the UK has plummeted by almost half in just a month as the NHS grapples with the coronavirus crisis. Statistics from around 50 hospitals show the number of emergency visits fell 43 per cent – from 104,251 to just 58,447 – in the last week of … 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
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
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
‘It’s only a matter of time before you are in contact with the virus’: NHS Paramedic is ‘evicted over text’ by his landlady and told to get an ‘Airbnb’ because she ‘fears she could catch coronavirus from him’ South Western Ambulance paramedic Joseph Hoar shared the text on Twitter His landlady tells him to move out … Read more
A senior NHS doctor is fighting for life after being infected with coronavirus, which may have happened during a routine appointment with a patient. The 52-year-old ear, nose and throat consultant from the Midlands had been ‘fit and well’ but was last night on a life-support machine. News of the medic’s plight came as NHS … Read more
The infant infections this week were a newborn baby in London, a nine-month-old infant in Manchester and baby in Norfolk. Experts say children are at low risk of catching the infection.
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
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
The UK’s chief scientific adviser today revealed that 60 per cent of the British population – around 40million people – need to catch coronavirus to develop ‘herd immunity’ – the Government’s controversial policy to stop it returning annually. Sir Patrick Vallance said millions fighting off the virus that has killed ten in Britain and almost 5,000 worldwide will … Read more