Category Emergency Health Alert

Coronavirus update: Number of infected ‘certainly’ higher than Chinese authorities admit #coronavirus #wuhan #china #emergency

CHINA’S coronavirus epidemic has infected considerably more people than what the Chinese authorities have reported, a health expert has warned. The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has killed at least 565 people and infected more than 28,000 globally. But Dr Paweł Grzesiowski,…

Coronavirus: Third confirmed case in UK #coronavirus #uk #wuhan #china #emergency

A third person in the UK has tested positive for coronavirus, the Department of Health has said. The person did not contract it in the UK, the department said. Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England said: “A further…

Coronavirus patient ESCAPES from hospital isolation unit – major police hunt launched in Austria #coronavirus #austria #Landeskliniken #Salzburg #wuhan #china #hospital #emergency

A MAJOR police search was launched today after a suspected coronavirus patient escaped from a hospital isolation unit. Officials in the Austrian city of Salzburg said the 31-year-old woman had fled the Landeskliniken Salzburg hospital overnight. Hospital bosses raised the…