The entire population of Italy are told to stay at home to curb the coronavirus outbreak and seek permission for essential travel. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures were designed to protect the most vulnerable “There is no more time”. Italy’s coronavirus death toll lappet from 366 to 463 on Monday as cases of…
Italy which has one of the world’s oldest populations, 366 people have died and 7375 infected from the coronavirus outbreak Although some transport in and out of the regions affected continued on Sunday, flights still arrived at Milan’s Malpensa and Linate airports. Italy’s national carrier Alitalia said it would suspend all operations from Malpensa from…
Italy’s Prime minister Giuseppe Conte has said at least 16 million people are now quarantined and locked down including the Lombardy region and also in 14 provinces until early April. ‘ We want to guarantee the health of our citizens. We understand that these measures will impose sacrifices, sometimes small and sometimes very big. But…
In February Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge-based (near Boston) biotech group, smashed a record for the fastest time between identifying a virus ( Covid-19) and creating a vaccine ready to test on humans in 42 days. Juan Andres, a former Novartis executive to help it ramp up manufacturing of its experimental drugs and vaccine at the new…
A woman in her 70s becomes the first person in the UK to die after testing positive for coronavirus at the Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said the patient had been “in and out of the hospital for non-coronavirus reasons”. She was admitted and tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. This rises the UK people diagnosed with…
The US Scientific equipment maker, Thermo Fisher with a market capitalisation of $122bn, has agreed to buy Dutch diagnostics group Qlagen for $11.5bn in a move to extend their disease testing capabilities as the world is gripped by the Coronavirus outbreak. Qiagen, a provider for sample and Assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic…
Italy will inject €3.6bn into its economy to alleviate the impact of coronavirus in Europe as a result of transport and supply chain disruptions resulting from measures taken to curb the outbreak. Roberto Gualtieri, economy minister, said: “ We would introduce tax credit s for companies that reported a 25 per cent drop in revenues,…
A British man, Australian man who was on the Diamond Princess Cruise ship has died from Coronavirus, according to Japan’s health ministry. He is the first British person to die from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus. Hundreds of people on board the liner became infected while it was held in quarantine off…
Nurofen-Dettol and Durex owner Reckitt Benckiser have a headache as Reckitt posted a £3.7 billion loss yesterday as it took a £5 billion charge on its takeover of baby formula maker Mead Johnson. Reckitt which also owns Cillit Bang acquired baby milk maker Mead Johnson in a mammoth £13 billion ($16.6 billion) deal in 2017.…
Suella Braverman, the attorney general, said: “ It is important to find out the truth of the circumstances of the June 2017 fire in which 72 people were killed, so key witnesses in the Grenfell Tower inquiry have won a bid to prevent their oral evidence being used against them in a criminal trial and…