The number of people to have died with the coronavirus in the UK has reached 1,019. The latest government figures on Saturday showed there were another 260 deaths in the UK in a day, up from 759 on Friday.more
In the model adopted by epidemiologists, 102,000 Swedes can be infected with coronavirus, i.e. 1 percent population. 17,000 will need hospital care people, and 5,000 intensive care - writes today the largest Swedish daily "Dagens Nyheter".more
The Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack, is self-isolating after he developed coronavirus symptoms. Mr Jack is said to be experiencing "mild" symptoms, including a cough and a temperature, but had not been tested for Covid-19.more
If the restrictions imposed on coronavirus are maintained and observed, the number of deaths in Great Britain will therefore be around 5,700, which is much less than originally anticipated - experts say, as reported today in The Times.more
A 102-year-old woman has recovered from coronavirus in the northern Italian city of Genoa after spending more than 20 days in hospital, doctors who treated her and her nephew told CNN. "We nicknamed her 'Highlander' - the immortal," said doctor Vera Sicbaldi who treated Italica Grondona in the San Martino hospital in Genoa.more
On Wednesday night a teenager died of COVID-19 at a Paris children's hospital. She was 16 and her name was Julie. This makes her France's youngest patient to die of a virus that usually affects vulnerable or elderly people.more
Another two temporary hospitals where coronavirus-infected patients will be admitted will be built in the UK by mid-April, 'said Simon Stevens, head of the NHS English Department, public British health service yesterday.more
The new measures were announced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last night, in addition to the strict restrictions already in place. The only exceptions are for travelling to essential work, to shop for food or household goods, for healthcare appointments and for vital family reasons.more
Talks have been held about setting up a temporary mortuary at Birmingham Airport with space for up to 12,000 bodies in a worst-case scenario amid the coronavirus outbreak.more
The number of coronavirus infections in Europe is still not falling, the pace of the epidemic is still high. According to the latest WHO data, more infections will be recorded in Italy on Friday than in China. The United States is strengthening first in the world.more
Britain's Queen Elizabeth last saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has tested positive for coronavirus, on March 11 and she remains in good health, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.more
70% population in Germany will become infected, and for more than 80 percent of patients will lack places in intensive care units - predicts the "worst-case scenario" of the coronavirus epidemic in a report prepared by experts commissioned by the German Ministry of the Interior.more
Mr Hancock said in a video message that he would be self-isolating until next Thursday. "Fortunately for me the symptoms so far have been very mild so I've been able to carry on with the work driving forward the UK response" - he said.more
Around 60 workers have refused to start their shifts at a food factory in Northern Ireland over fears for their safety amid the coronavirus outbreak.more
Hopes that Italy's coronavirus epidemic might be in retreat suffered a setback on Thursday when data showed that both the number of new cases and deaths had ticked higher, underscoring how hard it is to halt the disease.more
"It's apocalyptic," a doctor at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens told the New York Times after the facility recorded 13 coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday. By Thursday, the city had reported more than 37,258 confirmed COVID cases and 385 deaths.more
Anyone continuing to break coronavirus lockdown rules will be breaking the law and faces arrest. People ignoring tougher restrictions on movement could be hit with a £60 fine initially and another for £120 for a second offence.more
The number of people in the UK who have died with coronavirus has jumped by more than 100 in a day for the first time. The death toll has risen from 475 to 578, health officials have confirmed.more
