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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
Guards have dressed up as gorillas to scare off monkeys near India’s border while the country tries to manage a growing population of rampaging macaques. Footage shows officials on the Indian side of the border wearing gorilla-type costumes and chasing a troop of macaques back to the jungle. The booming primate population has reached crisis … Read more
2,300 cruise passengers including dozens of Britons are ordered back on board their ship off of Greece and told not to leave after it is revealed former passenger has coronavirus Some 2,300 people were called back to the MSC Opera from Athens excursion The captain revealed an Austrian man who left the ship in February … Read more
2,000 cruise passengers are ordered back on board their ship off of Greece and told not to leave after it is revealed former passenger has coronavirus Some 2,000 people were called back to the MSC Opera from Athens excursion The captain revealed an Austrian man who left the ship in February had the virus He … Read more
For the generation which might have forgotten – or even never known – what a stock market correction looks like, now is the time to learn. Fears of the corroding damage which coronavirus is having on the world economy have spread dramatically, delivering the worst week for share prices across the globe since the peak … Read more
Jon Snow coronavirus scare: Channel 4 journalist, 72, is in quarantine after travelling to Iran to cover their election after 16 people died in growing outbreak there 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 … Read more
Drug dealer who was at the centre of a coronavirus scare when he collapsed in HMP Bullingdon after being transferred to the UK from a Thai jail pleads guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis as second in command of a 15-strong crime gang Mark Rumble was one of two inmates isolated but both … Read more
A GP surgery in Islington, north London, closed abruptly today after a coronavirus scare – a day after the capital last night announced its first case of the killer disease. Cleaners wearing protective clothing were pictured scrubbing down the Ritchie Street Health Centre, near the Angel underground station. The surgery blamed the virus for its decision … Read more
The second profit warning in three months walloped shares in building materials supplier SIG and wiped around £150million off the company’s value. The Sheffield-based roofing and insulation seller has been hit hard by a drop-off in new construction projects in Europe, particularly in the UK and Germany. It now expects profit for 2019 to come … Read more