Category Pandemic Alert

Update @00:57 UTC: Coronavirus Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance Subject To Change: #coronavirus #COVID19 #pandemic #quarantine #GlobalEmergency #HealthEmergency

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Glastonbury to postpone UK festival #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #Glastonbury #COVID19 #pandemic

Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary celebrations will not go ahead this year in the UK, after organisers announced they would be cancelling because of coronavirus fears. Tickets bought for this year’s festival will be valid for next year, organisers said. Earlier this…

Baby tests positive for Covid-19 in Norfolk, UK #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #Norfolk #pandemic #quarantine

A baby has tested positive for Covid-19 at the James Paget University hospital in Gorleston in Norfolk, the trust has said. Two other positive cases have been identified at the hospital and all three were already being treated in isolation.…

Lead coronavirus scientist has symptoms of Covid-19 #COVID19 #coronavirus #ImperialCollege #London #UK #pandemic #quarantine

Prof Neil Ferguson from Imperial College London, one of the lead authors on a paper that predicted about 250,000 people could die if the UK did not switch tactics, has said he has symptoms of Covid-19. Courtesy of theguardian.com

Coronavirus: British Army puts 20,000 troops on standby to deal with pandemic crisis #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #Army #Military #pandemic #quarantine

As many as 150 troops are learning to drive oxygen tankers to supply hospitals treating coronavirus patients. They will form part of the new “Covid Support Force” The Ministry of Defence has put 20,000 troops on standby to deal with…