Category Pandemic Alert

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

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WORLD’S YOUNGEST VICTIM Newborn baby in London, UK #COVID19 #coronavirus #London #UK #pandemic #quarantine

A NEWBORN baby in England has tested positive for coronavirus — the world’s youngest victim. The child’s mother had been rushed to a London hospital days earlier with suspected pneumonia. Last night she and her tot were being treated at…

Parliament coronavirus lockdown: House of Commons cancels ALL events in major move #COVID19 #coronavirus #Parliament #London #UK #pandemic #quarantine #emergency

ALL events scheduled to take place in the House of Commons have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, including a reception for the 1922 Committee planned for Monday. Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady sent an email to all Tory…

Coronavirus: Trump declares national emergency in US over COVID-19 #COVID19 #coronavirus #USA #pandemic #emergency

US President Donald Trump has declared the coronavirus outbreak is a national emergency. The move is set to free up tens of billions of federal dollars to try to combat the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. More…

Coronavirus: Europe now centre of pandemic – WHO #COVID19 #coronavirus #WHO #Europe #pandemic #quarantine #emergency

Europe is now the world centre for the coronavirus outbreak, according to the WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In a press briefing at WHO headquarters, he said that Europe had more cases and deaths than the rest of the…

Coronavirus: Switzerland closes all schools #COVID19 #coronavirus #Switzerland#pandemic #quarantine #emergency

Switzerland has announced that it is closing all schools and is to provide around 10 billion Swiss francs in aid for businesses hit by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “The situation is difficult,” Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga told reporters,…

Six students at University of Oxford have tested positive for coronavirus #COVID19 #coronavirus #UK #OxfordUniversity #pandemic #quarantine #emergency

The University of Oxford has announced that it has six students who have tested positive for Covid-19, and that it may switch to “more extensive use of technology for teaching and assessment” next term. To date, six students have been…