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Italy has been affected more severely by the coronavirus outbreak than any other European country. There are 12,462 confirmed cases in the country at time of writing. The country’s healthcare system, rated by the World Health Organisation as the second best in the world, has been swamped by the sheer number of cases. Doctors are reporting that death rates are […]
Read moreCoronavirus cases in the United States jumped to 1,269 in the past week and 37 people across the country have died because of the pandemic. US President Donald Trump upgraded plans to contain the COVID-19 outbreak by announcing a travel ban on all flights from Europe except from the UK. Ron Klain, who led the White House’s efforts to tackle […]
Read moreA Wednesday morning barn fire in southwest London has been deemed suspicious by city police. The London Fire Department reported that the blaze was called in around 7:50 a.m. District fire Chief Dave Hood told Global News that by the time crews arrived at the fire on Bostwick Road, west of Wonderland Road, the barn was fully engulfed. A lack […]
Read moreThe US president has imposed travel restrictions from mainland Europe to the US for the next 30 days following the global coronavirus pandemic. Jasper Lawler, head of research at the London Capital Group, has said the trading of goods between the US and Europe will be at a “reduced pace” and services will “grind to a halt”. Mr Lawler said: […]
Read morePeople around the world became increasingly closed off from one another Thursday as sweeping travel bans accelerated, walling regions apart as a viral pandemic unfolds and financial markets plunge. It was an outbreak moving, at once, both glacially and explosively, with a virus first detected three months ago in China creeping across borders and producing eruptive outbreaks that have crippled […]
Read moreOSLO (Reuters) – Norway will announce the closure of all kindergartens and schools to curb the spread of the coronavirus, following a similar step by neighboring Denmark, news agency NTB reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources. Since Norway’s first case of the virus was confirmed on Feb. 26, the total number of infected people had risen to 621 as of […]
Read moreBEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Travelers scrambled to rebook flights and markets reeled on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sweeping restrictions on travel from Europe, hitting battered airlines and heightening global alarm over the coronavirus. However, China, where the disease originated, said its epidemic had peaked and the global spread could be over by June if other nations applied similarly […]
Read moreMILAN/ROME (Reuters) – Even if Italy’s draconian measures to stop the spread of coronavirus prove successful, they will leave an economy in tatters, with small and medium-sized businesses the hardest hit. Responding to the spread of the disease in Europe’s worst affected country, the government has banned all non-essential travel and public gatherings until April 3 and closed schools and […]
Read moreItaly has shut all shops except food stores, pharmacies and stores selling “essential” items, to try and stop the spread of COVID-19. All restaurants and bars have also been closed as have hairdressers and beauty salons, although restaurants can still make home deliveries. There have been more than 800 deaths in Italy and on Wednesday there were more than 2,000 […]
Read moreGENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged all countries on Thursday to “double down” in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking to diplomats in Geneva a day after characterizing COVID-19 as a pandemic, also said: “Describing this as a pandemic does not mean that countries should give up. The idea that […]
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