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.…
Dozens of trucks an hour setting off from the avocado belt in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan for the US, armed robbers are zeroing in on the fast-growing Avocado multi-billion-dollar industry. The rise in Avocado related crime has turned part of the state into no-go areas even for the police. Juan whose family has farms…
The Coronavirus had been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. “ The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO chief. The concern is that it could spread…
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 UK’s Competition and Markets Authority have launched a last minute review into Takeaway.com and Just Eat’s £6bn merger, throwing one of the UK’s biggest tech deals in recent years into doubt. The probe follows a months-long review of Amazon’s planned minority stake in Deliveroo, Just Eat’s biggest rival . Both cases are investigated on…
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…