Category Emergency Health Alert

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…

Japan confirms ‘about 10’ coronavirus cases aboard quarantined cruise ship carrying 3,700 passengers & crew #coronavirus #Japan #Yokohama #wuhan #china #emergency #ship #quarantine

Japan has confirmed around 10 more cases of coronavirus among passengers on a cruise ship with 3,700 people aboard, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 33. The other passengers remain quarantined on the ship. After one…