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Australians should not travel to China and should be very careful in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong as coronavirus sweeps the world. The deadly flu-like infection – which spawned in Wuhan, China in December – has already claimed more than 2,500 lives globally and infected 22 people in Australia. The mass outbreak has prompted the … Read more
Italy’s spiralling coronavirus outbreak has started to spill across the continent, with a tourist from the infection-plagued Lombardy region testing positive on Tenerife. The patient, understood to be a doctor, had travelled to the Spanish holiday island from the Italian region, which has been locked down following a cluster of cases. Seven people have died … Read more
Tom Cruise has been forced to hole up in a luxury hotel in Venice after the filming of Mission: Impossible 7 was halted after an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, DailyMail.com has learned. The actor had been due to begin filming in some of the most picturesque and popular parts of the floating city but … Read more
An unwell coach driver sparked a coronavirus panic at a French bus station today after arriving with virus symptoms from Italy, where six people have now died in Europe’s first major outbreak. French police impounded the coach in Lyon today after it arrived from Milan with the driver reportedly suffering from a bad cough. Passengers were … Read more
Hundreds of people have been filmed queuing up to buy face masks in the city at the centre of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak. A long line of people snaked out the doors of a supermarket in the city of Daegu on Monday as people tried to protect themselves against the spread of the disease amid fears … Read more
Experts have warned the world has reached a coronavirus ‘tipping point’ after an explosion of cases in the last few days, including three deaths in Italy, and another four infected in Britain, sparked panic in Europe. It comes as Austria last night briefly halted all trains moving to and from Italy which has locked down … Read more
Four of the Britons evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus after returning to the UK. Health officials confirmed yesterday that tests at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Wirral – where 32 passengers were being quarantined – showed the quartet had contracted the Covid-19 strain. The new cases, which bring … Read more
More than half of all South Korea’s coronavirus cases are linked to a secretive ultra-religious cult whose leader believes he is immortal. South Korean officials today confirmed at least 231 of the country’s 433 new cases are linked to outbreaks at a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu. Korea’s Centers for Disease Control … Read more
Coronavirus experts are more worried that they are unable to trace where clusters of the bug are breaking out than they are about the rising numbers of infections. In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. World Health Organization officials … Read more
Samsung ACCIDENTALLY leaks the release date and price of its upcoming smart speaker, the Galaxy Home Mini, which will be available in February for $83 Samsung posted details of its Galaxy Home Mini in a now-deleted press release The press release appears to have been posted to Samsung’s site by accident Its Galaxy Home Mini … Read more