Google CANCELS one if its biggest annual events amid fears over the spread of coronavirus Google cancelled an in-person event for its annual developers conference The I/O Conference is one of Google’s biggest annual events It will still search for an alternative format for the conference By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:02 GMT, 3 … Read more
As the coronavirus outbreak has spread to tens of thousands of people worldwide, it’s become clear that one group isn’t getting as sick as others: children. No children under age nine have been reported dead in China and, so far, young kids make up less than one percent of confirmed cases there. It’s too soon … Read more
The coronavirus has now spread to almost 70 countries around the world and health officials are scrambling to stop people spreading the virus among themselves. But with many patients not realizing they’re ill, and others carrying on with normal life until they are diagnosed, the fast-spreading infection is proving difficult to contain. Avoiding an infection … Read more
Officials at Los Angeles International Airport have allegedly not begun screening passengers arriving from South Korea, where coronavirus has rapidly spread. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said in a tweet that people traveling from high-risk countries would be screened upon arrival in the US. Katie Miller, spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence, later clarified … Read more
New video animation shows how the coronavirus outbreak has outpaced the SARS, MERS, Ebola and swine flu epidemics. Made by production company Abacaba, and uploaded to YouTube on February 12, the clip compares how quickly each disease spread once cases were reported. At first, the coronavirus outbreak spread slower than Ebola, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome … Read more
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. Tourists are stranded, quarantined in their hotels. World stock markets are in freefall, and there are reports of desperate shoppers stockpiling crates of supplies – from nappies to medicines to toilet roll. Sales of surgical spirit have surged and Boots announced it has sold out of anti-bacterial hand gel. There’s … Read more