Category Emergency Health Alert

Coronavirus: Sixth death in South Korea as alert level raised to highest #nCoV2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #SouthKorea #wuhan #china #emergency #HealthEmergency #quarantine #epidemic

South Korea has declared its highest disease alert level as it reported more than 160 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total there to 602. A sixth person has died in the country from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus,…

Coronavirus: South Korea confirms more than 160 new cases as fifth person dies #nCoV2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #Daegu #SouthKorea #wuhan #china #emergency #quarantine #epidemic

South Korea has reported more than 160 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total to 602 – as its disease alert level was raised to the highest. President Moon Jae-in said the COVID-19 outbreak has reached a “crucial watershed” and…

Coronavirus: British passengers on Diamond Princess cruise ship land back in UK #nCoV2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #Japan #Yokohama #DiamondPrincess #Ship #ArroweParkHospital #Wirral #emergency #quarantine #epidemic

Dozens of people who spent two weeks isolated on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan have returned to the UK. Thirty-two British and European nationals took off from Haneda airport in Tokyo late on Friday and landed in Boscombe Down…

Italy reports second coronavirus death as infections worldwide pass 77,000 #nCoV2019 #COVID19 #coronavirus #Italy #Veneto #Lombardy #Codogno #wuhan #china #emergency #epidemic #quarantine

Two people have died of the coronavirus in Italy in the space of 24 hours. A man named by Italian news agency Ansa as former construction company owner Adriano Trevisan, in his late 70s, was among 30 suspected or confirmed…