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Coronavirus live news: global death toll passes milestone as Emirates cancels Australian flights
Global coronavirus death toll reaches 2 million people;UK shuts travel corridors and requires negative Covid tests to enter;German vaccine officials forced to guess who is eligible from namesBrazil rushes to save premature babies as Covid swamps hospitalsVaccine passports: what are they and do they pose a danger to privacy?US suffers bleak January as Covid rages and vaccination campaign falters‘At the coalface’: what the Australian expert in WHO’s Covid mission in China hopes to find12.44amGMTHere ’s our story on a grim landmark. The world has now passed 2m deaths from Covid-19.“Our world has reached a heart-wren...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Michael McGowan Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Science World news Source Type: news

UK coronavirus: 1,610 Covid-related deaths reported in new daily high - as it happened
This live blog is now closed.For coronavirus updates from around the world, head to our global live blogEnglish schools may reopen regionally, medical chief suggestsCovid-related care home deaths in England jump by 46%Two-thirds of residents at Lincolnshire care home die in Covid outbreakCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage6.21pmGMTRelated:Coronavirus live news: China builds quarantine centre for 4,000 people; Germany extends lockdown6.03pmGMTThe EU ’s ambassador to the UK,João Vale de Almeida, has described the problems being faced by British seafood producers exporting to the EU as evi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow Tags: Coronavirus Politics UK news Boris Johnson Science Infectious diseases NHS Health Medical research Microbiology Education Schools Source Type: news

What is coronavirus and how worried should we be?
Experts fear latest strain of virus from Wuhan may spread across worldIt is a novel coronavirus – that is to say, a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals – possibly seafood. Many of those infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city. New and troubling viruses usually originate in animal hosts. Ebola and flu are examples.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley and Hannah Devlin Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases China Sars Asia Pacific World news Global health Global development Microbiology Medical research Science Source Type: news

World financial markets rocked by China coronavirus
Oil and travel shares slide amid fears outbreak could hit growth in second largest economyChina coronavirus – live updatesFinancial markets around the world have been rattled by the coronavirus outbreak, with its centre in Wuhan, a city known as the Chicago of China for its central location and booming car manufacturing industry.Amid growing concern over the spread of the virus, China has put Wuhan and four other cities with a combined population of more than 20 million onlockdown. It has banned travel during the biggest mass annual human migration on the planet for thelunar new year this weekend, when up to 400 million ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Tags: Stock markets Business Travel & leisure Coronavirus outbreak Science China Economics Asia Pacific World news Infectious diseases Microbiology Retail industry Luxury goods sector Source Type: news

China steps up coronavirus clampdown as chaos hits hospitals - video
After preventing travel from Wuhan, China has locked down several more cities as it attempts to contain the deadly coronavirus. Footage online reveals the quarantine measures the country is taking to prevent the spreadChina coronavirus: US investigates suspected case as first death confirmed outside Hubei province – live newsContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2020 Category: Science Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Medical research Sars Asia Pacific Microbiology Source Type: news

China coronavirus: 14 test negative in UK as military doctors sent to Wuhan – as it happened
UK emergency committee discuss outbreak as more than 33 million people affected by lockdown measures in ChinaUK universities issue quarantine warning to Chinese studentsChina: hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 33m peopleWhat is the Wuhan coronavirus and how worried should we be?What we know so far5.08pmGMT4.46pmGMTThe Scottish government confirmed on Friday afternoon that results for two of the five patients in Scotland tested for coronavirus had come back negative.Emphasising that the risk to the public remained low, Scotland ’s chief medical officer, Catherine Calderwood, said:Scotland is well prepared f...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique (now), Ben Quinn and Stephanie Convery (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Science Scotland UK news China Asia Pacific World news Source Type: news

Coronavirus: second confirmed US case identified in Chicago
Individual recently travelled from the Wuhan region of China, where the virus is believed to originateLive updates on the coronavirus outbreakA Chicago woman who returned from a trip to China has been identified as the US ’s second confirmed case ofthe coronavirus. The Illinois department of health has confirmed the latest diagnosis to local news radio station WBBM.Related:'Take her out': tape appears to catch Trump demanding removal of Ukraine ambassador – liveContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Kenya Evelyn Tags: Coronavirus outbreak US news Chicago Science World news Source Type: news

What we know so far about the coronavirus outbreak
Death toll stands at 26 and 1,000-bed hospital being built in Wuhan to deal with outbreak is due to open next weekCoronavirus outbreak latest - liveThe officialdeath toll stands at 26 people, most of them in Hubei province in central China, but two people have died outside of that zone – one man just outside of Beijing, and the other in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, which borders Russia.More than 800 people in China have been confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus so far.The Chinese government hasrestricted the movement of about 33 million people with an unprecedented and indefinite lockdown aft...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 24, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Guardian staff Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Science UK news World news China Asia Pacific Source Type: news

Coronavirus: death toll reaches 41 in China with first cases in Europe
Public transport suspended in at least 13 cities in China as death toll rises and France identifies Europe ’s first casesWhat we know so farLessons from Sars outbreak help in race for vaccineChina has expanded an unprecedented lockdown during the country ’s most important holiday to 13 cities and at least 36 million people, as efforts to contain the deadly new coronavirus were stepped up around the world and the first cases were reported in Europe.Restrictions on movement were widened on Friday in China in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. Late on Friday, authorities confirmed a further 15 deaths and 180 new...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Ratcliffe, Lillian Yang in Beijing andDenis Campbell Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Science China Asia Pacific Infectious diseases World news Source Type: news

Coronavirus spread accelerating in China, says Xi Jinping
President warns of ‘grave situation’ as the country spends holiday under travel restriction to stop the virus spreadingFollow the latest developmentsShare your storyChina ’s president, Xi Jinping, has called an emergency government meeting, telling officials the country is facing a “grave situation” as the new coronavirus is “accelerating its spread”.More than 50 million people are spending China ’s most important holiday under lockdown as the country expands its travel restrictions in an attempt to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Ratcliffe and Wu Pei Lin Tags: Coronavirus outbreak China Infectious diseases Hong Kong Asia Pacific Science World news Source Type: news

Carrie Lam declares coronavirus emergency in Hong Kong – video
Hong Kong's chief executive has raised the territory's response to the coronavirus outbreak to emergency level.Immigration and travel from Wuhan will be limited, major events cancelled and school openings delayed by two weeks. Lam said: 'We have an emergency response level, it means that for this novel infectious disease, the impact on the population will be high and imminent'Coronavirus: death toll hits 41 as doctor dies from virus in China – live updatesContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2020 Category: Science Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Hong Kong Carrie Lam Asia Pacific World news Source Type: news

Coronavirus outbreak: China promises tougher crackdown to stop spread – live updates
Officials announce new measures to contain disease, including wildlife trade ban and bus suspensions, as confirmed death toll reaches 56Coronavirus ’s ability to spread getting stronger, China suggestsScientists race to discover how Wuhan victims were infectedWhere has coronavirus spread?1.21pmGMT12.58pmGMTWorld Animal Protection has welcomed China ’s decision to impose a wildlife trade ban, effective from today.Kate Nustedt, the organisation ’s global wildlife director, said:We commend China ’s decision to impose a nationwide ban on wildlife trade in response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. This ban will preve...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique (now), Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Ben Doherty (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak China Health Asia Pacific Society Science World news Americas Europe Australia news France Hong Kong Infectious diseases Source Type: news

Coronavirus outbreak: China promises tougher crackdown to stop spread – as it happened
Officials announce new measures to contain disease, including wildlife trade ban and bus suspensions, as confirmed death toll reaches 56Coronavirus ’s ability to spread getting stronger, China suggestsScientists race to discover how Wuhan victims were infectedWhere has coronavirus spread?4.41pmGMT3.56pmGMT Jonathan Ashworth, the UK ’s shadow health secretary, urged the government to reassure the public it is sufficiently prepared as the NHS is already struggling in the flu season.He told the Guardian:The NHS is currently under immense strain this winter with staff already working flat out and hospitals overcrowded. We ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 26, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique (now), Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Ben Doherty (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus outbreak China Health Asia Pacific Society Science World news Americas Europe Australia news France Hong Kong Infectious diseases Source Type: news

Sydney schools ask students returning from China to stay away amid coronavirus fears
Several private schools are demanding medical certificates for children who have been to coronavirus-affected areas of ChinaSeveral Sydney private schools have banned students who have recently visited China from returning to school without medical certificates, as concerns grow about the spread of coronavirus.Pymble Ladies College in Sydney ’s north has told parents in a text message they should not send their daughters to school for at least 14 days after returning to Australia from an affected area of China, or after contact with someone who had visited an affected area.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 27, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Else Kennedy Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Australia news Science New South Wales Schools Education Australian education Australian universities Source Type: news

What We Know About the Coronavirus
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a new respiratory virus that was first identified in Wuhan, China. Believed to have started through an animal source, the virus is now spreading from person to person. The infection rate continues to rise globally, and as with any new virus, public health is of top concern. Experts from The post What We Know About the Coronavirus appeared first on Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine.
Source: Nursing Blogs at Johns Hopkins University - January 27, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Danielle Kress Tags: On the Pulse CDC Coronavirus Emergency infection infectious disease Public health Source Type: blogs