Category Emergency Health Alert

609 passengers on cruise ship off Brazilian coast quarantined #COVID19 #coronavirus #Brazil #Ship #pandemic #quarantine

A cruise ship with 609 people on board has been isolated in Brazil’s northeastern port of Recife since Thursday morning after a passenger showed symptoms similar to those of the new coronavirus, according to the Department of Health in Pernambuco…

Croatia closing all schools and universities from Monday for two weeks #COVID19 #coronavirus #Croatia #pandemic #quarantine

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said classes will instead be organised through special TV programmes and online. “We will allow postponement in payments of income and profit taxes as well as contributions from salaries. Lower income for municipalities on that basis…

Coronavirus: New York City declares state of emergency #COVID19 #coronavirus #NewYork #USA #pandemic #quarantine #emergency

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio declared a state of emergency Thursday in the city, saying he anticipated that New York could see as many as 1,000 cases next week. He said that the emergency order allows for the…

Coronavirus: London Underground driver tests positive for COVID-19 #COVID19 #coronavirus #TfL #UK #London #pandemic #quarantine

In news that will be worrying for those of us who travel on the Tube to work every morning, a London Underground driver has tested positive for coronavirus, sources told PA. Earlier this week we reported that Transport for London…

Coronavirus: Premier League player Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive #COVID19 #coronavirus #Chelsea #CallumHudsonOdoi #UK #London #pandemic #quarantine

Chelsea player Callum Hudson-Odoi has tested positive for coronavirus, the club reports. We understand that Hudson-Odoi is first Premier League player to be infected. Chelsea men’s team player Callum Hudson-Odoi had a positive test result for Coronavirus returned this evening.…