Around 500,000 people are being placed on lockdown in Murcia’s coastal region including the popular Brit tourist area of La Manga because of the coronavirus crisis. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed a state of emergency during a press conference today and said he will deploy the military to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, regional … Read more
Professor Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham Professor Keith Neal Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham The plans are sensible. It’s very easy to say more needs to be done, but there is little evidence to make any decision. If people who might have … Read more
Professor Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham Professor Keith Neal Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham The plans are sensible. It’s very easy to say more needs to be done, but there is little evidence to make any decision. If people who might have … Read more
China halted the coronavirus using a ‘social nuclear weapon’ of extreme measures that other countries will struggle to replicate, an expert has warned. Nicholas A. Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social & Natural Science at Yale University, took to Twitter yesterday to explain how China has managed to rapidly de-escalate the threat of COVID-19 within its borders. … Read more
North Korea is taking ‘unprecedented’ measures against coronavirus with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings. State media is demanding ‘absolute obedience’ to health authorities as the secretive nation tries to shield itself from the virus that emerged in neighbouring China. New arrivals are subject to 30 days’ … Read more