Schools, offices, hospitals and other public places have been urged to prepare for terrorist attacks. The Home Office has republished advice urging various locations to rehearse their responses to what it calls marauding terror attacks.
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The worst could be still to come in the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, six months on from when the outbreak began.more
The COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding in Europe, but getting worse globally with the number of infections expected to reach 10 million next week and the number of deaths 500,000, the head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.more
Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the "real risk" of a second wave of coronavirus.more
Boris Johnson’s claim that classrooms are “safe” for pupils to return to has been undermined as it emerged that his scientific advisers warned that opening all schools would have a significant effect on the coronavirus epidemic.more
The new coronavirus pandemic is now in a "new and dangerous phase," the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday, with the disease accelerating at the same time as people tire of lockdowns.more
On Spanish beaches, due to the coronavirus pandemic, hand disinfectant dispensers have become commonplace. Experts cited by the media say that excessive use of certain substances in the sun can lead to skin burns.more
Beijing authorities have described the city’s coronavirus outbreak as “extremely severe” as dozens more cases emerged, sports and entertainment sites were closed and travel was curtailed.more
Poczta Polska warns customers against cyber criminals and recommends caution on the internet. As the company informs in a press release, for fake SMS about stopping the disinfection shipment and emails that may contain malware.more
Chinese hackers are suspected of accessing email and travel details of about nine million easyJet customers, sources familiar with the investigation say.more
Winter, which begins in South America in May, prompts experts to be very cautious in forecasting the chances of soon overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic on this continent.more
Some children in the UK with no underlying health conditions have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome which researchers believe to be linked to coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said this morning.
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Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than before.more
The European police authority has warned that con artists are preying on fears of illness by offering fake masks, medicine, COVID-19 tests and even vaccines. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels.more
Global job losses from the coronavirus crisis could far exceed the 25-million estimated just days ago, UN officials said on Thursday, as US jobless claims surged.more
Social distancing would be needed for "at least half of the year" to stop intensive care units being overwhelmed, according to the government's scientific advisers.more
Strict new controls to slow the spread of the coronavirus froze movement at global borders Tuesday, idling trucks in columns more than 30 miles long at some European crossings, while masked security officers turned back travelers at others.more