The first person to test positive for the novel coronavirus from a Wuhan food market where the pandemic likely started was a woman selling live shrimps, according to a document leaked to media. Ms Wei lived in a rented flat less than 500 metres (1,640 feet) from the marketplace and developed a fever on December … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned American companies against shipping at-home coronavirus testing kits, despite relaxing its approval process for diagnostics for the virus sweeping the nation and globe. It comes after several companies, including Silicon Valley biotech start-ups like Nurx and Carbon Health began developing their own at-home sample collection sets. … Read more
Tesco stops selling skimmed milk and scraps multi-buy offers in bid to ensure supply of essential goods after coronavirus panic-buyers strip shelves The supermarket giant will only sell the more popular two and four-pint cartons Local dairy farms have been drafted to shore up the supply chain in rural areas It comes after a wave … Read more
Retail giant Amazon has today come under heavy fire for selling scores of books promoting bogus cancer cures. Cancer experts have today accused the billion-pound company of preying on the vulnerable who are desperate for a remedy. More than 3,000 titles are listed on the site under ‘cancer cures’, including ones endorsing unproven CBD oil … Read more
Amal Clooney’s fashion designer sister cashes in on coronavirus by selling £25 denim face masks and £28 leopard print pouches for hand sanitiser Tala Alamuddin Le Tallec, who lives in Singapore, runs fashion brand Totally Tala She recently added a Le Masque collection to her website’s stylish offerings The ‘luxury face coverups’ are on sale … Read more
Angry shoppers blast Budgens supermarket for selling toilet roll for £4 that they can buy elsewhere for £2.50 after shelves across Britain are stripped bare by panic-buyers Outraged customers have threatened to boycott UK supermarket Budgens It comes as it is accused of hiking up its prices amid coronavirus panic buying Crystal Palace branch is charging £4 … Read more
Two Tennessee brothers who bought 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer and sold some of them for as much as $70 each to profit off the coronavirus outbreak say they have received death threats after being shamed on social media. Matt and Noah Colvin of Hixson, Tenneseee, drove 1,300 miles across the state and neighboring Kentucky … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
The decision was reportedly outlined in a memo to sellers on Wednesday and seeks to crack down on vendors attempting to exploit fears over a novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
Insurance giant LV has stopped selling travel insurance due to coronavirus, in a move described by one expert as ‘alarming’. In a message on its website, the company said it was ‘unable to give’ new customers travel insurance ‘at the moment’, and said it had ‘made the difficult decision to pause the sale of travel … Read more