カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
Holiday Inn will be used for those considered to be at risk but with nowhere else to goCoronavirus latest – live updatesA Holiday Inn at Heathrow airport has been block-booked to be used as a quarantine facility in anticipation of more potential corona…
Alla Ilyina blogged about escape after being told she had to be quarantined despite testing negativeCoronavirus – latest updatesA St Petersburg court has ordered a Russian woman to be forcibly confined to hospital after she dramatically broke out of co…
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been enc…
Passengers flown from Japan after being stuck onboard now face 14 days in quarantineCoronavirus – live updatesTwo charter flights carrying cruise ship passengers from Japan have landed at military bases in California and Texas, with passengers facing a…
More than 200 people caught on Diamond Princess by the coronavirus outbreak will be taken to camp outside DarwinMore than 200 people stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan by the coronavirus outbreak will be flown to the Northern Territo…
Detention of prominent scholar Xu Zhiyong comes amid wider crackdown on freedom of speechThe Chinese authorities have detained a prominent activist and legal scholar who issued a blistering attack on president Xi Jinping for mishandling the coronavirus…
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as Japan warns outbreak ‘entering new phase’. Follow latest updatesRussian court orders woman who fled quarantine back to hospitalWhat is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?Tokyo marathon cancels mass…
Of nearly 200 Australians on Diamond Princess, only those who are well will be evacuated, and those who test positive sent to Japanese hospitals The Australian government is working on a plan to evacuate its citizens off the stricken Diamond Princess c…
Taxi driver with diabetes and hepatitis B is fifth fatality outside mainland ChinaA taxi driver has died from the coronavirus in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that has …
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as China announces death toll in country up to 1,665Hundreds of Americans have been flown out of Japan after leaving the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Sunday night, as a further 70 people onboard tested …
Changes to Japanese procedure could mean two more weeks on the Diamond PrincessBritons could face two more weeks trapped onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship as Japan updates its quarantine procedure in a bid to halt the rapid spread of coronavirus…
Australians evacuated from Wuhan will board three chartered flights on MondayThe first cohort of Australian evacuees are set to leave quarantine on Christmas Island on Monday, with no reported cases of the new coronavirus among the 277 Australian citiz…
US, Canada and Hong Kong offer citizens on Diamond Princess flights home as death toll inside China reaches 1,665A further 70 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 355, …
With no vaccines or treatments and limited diagnostic tools, we face a tough challenge in the fight against Covid-19Afew years ago, the World Health Organisation published a list of pathogens which it said needed urgent scientific attention. All were v…
Passengers on Diamond Princess liner ‘disillusioned’ with government over lack of action• All the day’s developmentsPressure is growing on the British government to airlift citizens stranded on a cruise ship stricken by coronavirus, after a Chinese tou…