China has now 78, 497 confirmed cases and 2, 744 deaths. Italy has 400 cases a 25 per cent increase in aday. Saudi Arabia is stopping pilgrims entering the country for Umarah. President Trump says his deputy Mike Pence will be in charge of the US response. Taiwan has 32 cases of the virus. In…
Ten-Towns in Italy’s wealthy northern regions battled to contain the biggest outbreak of coronavirus outside Asia. Officials have imposed strict quarantine and said that a sixth Italian has died from the virus as the infection count rose to 230, up from three identified cases on Friday morning. Billions were wiped off stock markets around the world…
Coronavirus has killed 1700 people and affected 70, 000. On Sunday authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 1452 more deaths nationwide. Outside China there have been more than 500 cases in 30 countries. Four people have died in France, Hong Kong , The Phiiippines and Japan. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that along with a…
Dr. Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who tried to warn about the coronavirus outbreak, has died after contracting the virus while treating patients in Wuhan, which has sparked public anger and grief in China. Last December he sent a message to fellow medics warning of a virus he thought looked like Sars – a global…
A 44-year-old Chinese man has died in Manila hospital where he developed severe pneumonia, after travelling to the Philippines from the city of Wuhan., first fatality outside China. He was infected before arriving in the Philippines, according to the World Heath Organisation (WHO). Over 325 people have died in the outbreak so far and 15,…
The US has approved its first drug AR101 or Palforzia which uses oral immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergies in children given in tiny but increasing doses of peanut protein over a six-month period under medical supervision. The treatment is not a cure and makers warn that the risk of a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction remains.…
Arconic and Celotex suppliers of key components of implicated in the Grenfell disaster were accused of knowingly allowing the installation of dangerous products during the tower’s refurbishment of the west London Block of flats, as they supplied materials not fit for purpose. The US metals group, Arconic, and Celotex, a UK-based materials company, were criticised…
Cow & Gate and Tesco are recalling 15 types of baby food jar as a precautionary measure amid concerns some may have been tampered with. Customers who bought food for babies aged over seven months in Tesco stores in the UK are advised not to use them because they may pose a safety risk. The…
The art form of yoga is no longer the preserve for hippies or hip-millennials, as a multi-dollar industry with varieties including hot yoga, naked yoga, beer yoga, and doga have taken over. The Indian spiritual discipline is a £20billion-a-year mainstay of the wellness industry. Shearer reveals a cultural cast of characters past and present in…
Arconic, a $13bn US metals group has refused to release documents about the flammable cladding on Grenfell Tower to the public enquiry into the fire and a US lawsuit brought by survivors and victims’ families, citing a French law limiting disclosures. The company formerly known as Alcoa, has invoked the 1968 “ French blocking Statute”…