The mayors of six municipalities on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples issued an ordinance prohibiting the disembarkation in China of Chinese citizens from the coronavirus epidemic as well as tourists from Lombardy and Veneto.more
A new coronavirus detected in China has so far attacked over 78,000 worldwide. people. The World Health Organization (WHO) called his acute respiratory disease Covid-19 due to the fact that the first cases were detected last year.more
In connection with the spread of the coronavirus in Italy, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Milan recommended avoiding, where possible, staying in public places, and especially avoiding larger clusters of people.more
France is preparing for the possibility of an outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Europe, said French Health Minister Olivier Veran. He emphasized that Paris is closely monitoring the situation in Italy, where 76 cases of infection and two deaths caused by the virus have already been found.more
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that the current coronavirus outbreak could cost the airline industry nearly $30 billion.kiniemore
15% of Poles drink more than 12 liters of 100% alcohol annually. This is worrying, because such amounts of alcohol are risky - informs the State Agency for Solving Alcohol Problems (PARP).more
Concerns are growing over the global spread of the novel coronavirus after a spike in cases outside of mainland China among people with no connection to China or the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the outbreak.more
From among 817 surveyed nurses and midwives, as many as 768 people experienced aggression in health care facilities and other institutions - according to a survey conducted by the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives in Poland.more
Discussions surrounding proposals that London take over hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics lit up Twitter on Feb. 20, following a tweet by a candidate for the U.K. capital's mayor race that claimed the city would be ready if issues around the coronavirus outbreak made it necessary.more
We must be ready that the disease caused by the new Covid-19 coronavirus will threaten people for a long time, like flu, '' said pulmonologist Wang Chen, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).more
Sister of climate activist Greta Thunberg, 14-year-old Beata Ernman, admitted that she had mental problems that started when her parents' attention was focused on her sister - Greta. Music helps teenagers fight depression.more
A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China.more
Polish citizens have not yet left the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, but people who have a negative coronavirus test will be able to disembark in the coming days, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.more
The NHS has launched a patient safety inquiry after a private contractor failed to send more than 28,000 pieces of confidential medical correspondence to GPs, the Guardian can reveal.more
Hundreds are scheduled to return to land after a two-week quarantine on Princess Cruises' Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is currently docked off the coast of Yokohama, Japan. more
According to the first official report of the Chinese sanitary authorities, the Covid-19 coronavirus poses the greatest threat to the elderly and the ill, suffering from chronic diseases. The death rate of this infection reaches 2.3 percent, but 80 percent. infections - it is emphasized - are only mild.more
The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, state television said, becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the pathogen.more
Some 400 Americans were finally evacuated Sunday from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan - as another 70 passengers aboard the quarantined vessel tested positive for the deadly infection.more
A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus - the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old man from China's Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn.more
The well-being of Poles in 2019 was not only better than in previous years, but also the best in the history of CBOS research. However, the high percentage of people aged 18-24 who often had thoughts of death are worrying.more
