Category Medical Alert

Coronavirus: New COVID-19 case in England ‘first to catch within the UK’ #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #Surrey #emergency #quarantine #epidemic

A patient diagnosed with coronavirus in England is thought to be the first to have caught the illness within the UK. Public Health England said the latest case was a resident in Surrey. Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said…

WHO bumps coronavirus threat assessment to ‘very high’ global risk #COVID19 #coronavirus #WHO #VeryHigh #GlobalEmergency #HealthEmergency #quarantine #epidemic

World Health Organization (WHO) is now worsening its risk assessment of the coronavirus to a “very high” on the global level. The virus has already spread to at least 48 countries besides its hotbed, China. “We have now increased our…

First British coronavirus death confirmed in Japan #COVID19 #coronavirus #British #Japan #Ship #emergency #epidemic

A British man who was onboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has died from the coronavirus, the Japanese health ministry has confirmed. The first foreign passenger to die, his death brings the toll among passengers from the…