Category Epidemics

Update: Coronavirus Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance #coronavirus #COVID19 #epidemic #quarantine #GlobalEmergency #HealthEmergency

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London coronavirus: S&P Global Platts company at Canary Wharf orders 1200 staff to work from home after positive test #COVID19 #coronavirus #London #CanaryWharf #UK

Commodity pricing agency S&P Global Platts ordered staff to work from home after a visitor tested positive for coronavirus. The Mirror reported that around 1,200 workers at the company have been told to stay away until further notice. A statement…

Children are just as likely to contract coronavirus as adults, according to a new Chinese study #COVID19 #coronavirus #epidemic

Children are just as likely to contract coronavirus as adults, according to a new Chinese study, countering the theory that kids are less susceptible to Covid-19. Research on community transmission of the virus showed a “sharply increasing proportion of infected…

21 people test positive on the cruise ship quarantined off California coast, USA #COVID19 #coronavirus #California #USA # #quarantine #epidemic #GrandPrincess

Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, as half a dozen states reported their first cases of the fast-spreading respiratory disease. Vice President…