Worldwide ginger shortage caused by poor harvests and coronavirus-hit Chinese farms threatens to leave a bad taste in festive cooks’ mouths Shoppers have reported they cannot find ginger, right before the festive period Due to a worldwide shortage, supermarkets are struggling with their supplies Poor harvest and the impact of the pandemic have affected this … Read more
Four vegetable pickers have fled the farm where 75 people working and living on the site in trailers tested positive for coronavirus. The workers, three of whom had tested positive for Covid-19, are believed to have run across fields near Rook Row Farm in order to escape after staff working for A S Green And Co … 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
Coronavirus-hit Boris Johnson is having checks in hospital today amid calls to hand over the reins of the UK’s fight against the disease while he recovers. The PM was dramatically admitted to St Thomas’s, near Downing Street, last night after doctors became concerned his symptoms have still not subsided 10 days after his positive test. … Read more
Charter flight carrying 214 Brits who were trapped on two coronavirus-hit cruise ships in Florida finally arrive back at Heathrow after being trapped on board for days MS Zaandam and Rotterdam cruise ships docked in Florida on Thursday Officials had been reluctant to let them dock over fears of Covid-19 patients President Trump intervened to … Read more
A former NHS doctor trapped in coronavirus-hit Italy has begged the UK Government to ‘shut down everything’ in the fight against the killer infection. Professor Mohamed Abu Hilal, who now works in Brescia, north Italy, urged officials to prepare more beds, doctors and nurses in the NHS in light of the fiasco happening in the worst hit … Read more
An NHS doctor trapped in coronavirus-hit Italy has begged the UK Government to ‘shut down everything’ in the fight against the killer infection. Professor Mohamed Abu Hilal, writing from Brescia, north Italy, urged officials to prepare more beds, doctors and nurses in the NHS in light of the fiasco happening in the worst hit country of … Read more
A fleet of coaches and taxis has arrived at Birmingham Airport where 135 British passengers who had been aboard a quarantined cruise liner have touched down today. The Grand Princess, carrying 3,500 people, had been allowed to dock in Oakland, California, on Monday after being stranded off the coast. At least 21 people aboard had … Read more
Passengers aboard the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship continued to disembark the liner on Tuesday, a day after it docked in Oakland. The evacuation of the 951-foot ship began Monday, with several hundred people let off the ship. About 2,000 passengers, including hundreds of Californians, were still aboard Tuesday morning. ‘I’m bored and frustrated,’ said … Read more
A Florida couple who were passengers on the Grand Princess ocean liner linked to the coronavirus outbreak have sued the ship’s owner for more than $1million for putting the couple’s health at risk, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Ronald and Eva Weissberger of Broward County, Florida sued Princess Cruise Lines Ltd, a unit … Read more