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U.S. stock indexes plunged dramatically yet again on Thursday, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepens investor worries about growth and corporate earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,190.95 points, or 4.42 percent, to 25,766.64, the largest one-day point drop in history. It comes during the quickest market plunge on a percentage … Read more
Jacob Rees-Mogg pours scorn on Iran’s claim that brutal jail where Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is held has not been hit by coronavirus outbreak, warning the denial is ‘not authoritative’ Jacob Rees-Mogg said the UK ambassador was speaking to Tehran authorities Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been behind bars for four years on fake spying charges Islamic regime … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower on Thursday, as the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepened investor worries about growth and corporate earnings. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 431.59 points, or 1.60 percent, to 26,526, and quickly plunged by as much as 800 points. The S&P 500 opened down 1.73 … Read more
Iran’s vice president and spokeswoman for 1979 hostage-takers is infected with coronavirus, state media reveals By Associated Press Published: 14:19 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 14:27 GMT, 27 February 2020 A state-owned newspaper in Iran says Masoumeh Ebtekar, a vice president in the Islamic Republic and a spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage-takers, has the … Read more
Iran has threatened to flog and imprison anyone caught ‘spreading fake news’ about the coronavirus outbreak that has already killed 26 people in the Islamic Republic. Hassan Norouzi, spokesman for parliament’s legal and judicial committee, said ‘spreading lies’ is punishable by one to three years in prison with flogging, in accordance with Shariah law. ‘Spreading … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 81,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus has vowed that the regime will bring the spiralling outbreak under control. Iraj Harirchi said Iran would be ‘victorious in our combat against this virus’ in a video message he recorded after he was taken into quarantine yesterday. Harirchi’s diagnosis was an embarrassment for the regime after he … Read more
Nick Robinson revealed today he is in coronavirus self-quarantine after returning from a holiday to Vietnam and Cambodia with a cough – joining Channel 4’s Jon Snow who has just come back from Iran. The BBC Today host revealed how he drove to hospital to be met by a nurse in full protective gear for … Read more
Veteran C4 news presenter Jon Snow is put in coronavirus QUARANTINE in Iran after travelling to the country where 16 have died to cover the election He is following Department for Health guidelines, according to Channel 4 News Snow does not have symptoms of the virus and did not visit the worst-hit areas Snow’s producer … Read more