MEMOIR THE COLOUR OF THE SKY AFTER RAIN by Tessa Keswick (Head of Zeus £30, 384 pp) When King George III’s ambassador was trying to negotiate a trade deal in China in 1793, he decided to curry favour with the Emperor by presenting him with a carriage which, thanks to advanced British engineering, was the … Read more
Federal health officials continue to urge that it’s not too late to contain coronavirus in the US if people remain informed and vigilant. So when Osmel Martinez Azcue returned to Miami from China and came down with flu-like symptoms, he thought getting tested for coronavirus was the prudent thing to do for his family, friends … Read more
World coronavirus death toll passes 3,000 as disease kills five more people in Italy – where cases have jumped 50% in a day Case numbers also soared to almost 1,700, roughly 500 fresh cases today Outbreak is one of the largest outside of mainland China and Europe’s biggest Despite checkpoints around contaminated northern regions, it … Read more
Italy’s coronavirus death toll rises to 34 with almost 1,700 confirmed cases Case numbers also soared to almost 1,700, roughly 500 fresh cases today Outbreak is one of the largest outside of mainland China and Europe’s biggest Despite checkpoints around contaminated northern regions, it is seeping out By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 17:20 GMT, … Read more
Chinese companies specialising in facial recognition have upgraded the technology to identify people wearing masks in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Chinese company SenseTime, described as ‘the most valuable AI startup in the world’ and worth at least $4.5billion, is one of several firms improving its facial recognition to ensure a person cna be identified … Read more
Another 90 Wuhan evacuees released from quarantine in Texas where one is in treatment for coronavirus as Americans stranded in Japan slam US officials for ‘abandoning us here’ 90 evacuees were released from their quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday They had been evacuated from Wuhan, considered to be the epicenter of … Read more
China has slaughtered thousands of its citizens to harvest organs such as hearts, lungs, kidneys, eyes and even skin for sale and to transplant into sick patients in hundreds of hospitals across the country. A landmark international investigation, published in full today, will accuse the Beijing government of covering up ‘crimes against humanity’ that have been … Read more
US health officials have been conducting secret meetings with lawmakers, senators revealed at a Tuesday Appropriations Subcommittee meeting. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire criticized the secrecy of a briefing that had taken place earlier that morning, and said that her constituents were ‘concerned’ that they weren’t getting all the information that they needed about … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put inspections in China on hold and warned Americans there could soon be shortages of ‘critical’ medical products due the coronavirus outbreak. Inspectors were pulled from the country after the US State Department issued an advisory warning travelers not to China on January 30. While the news … Read more
Don’t visit your GP if you think you have coronavirus, NHS says – stay home instead, self-isolate and ring 111 Health chiefs want suspected coronovirus patients to self isolate and dial 111 Officials fear attending a surgery or pharmacy will help spread the deadly virus So far 10,483 people have been tested in the UK … Read more