Crews have arrived to perform a deep-cleaning of the Seattle-area nursing home at the epicenter of one of the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the US, linked to at least 19 deaths and hundreds of infections. Members of a Servpro clean-up team arrived at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, on Wednesday afternoon wearing white hazardous … Read more
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 196 to 827 as a top Italian doctor said intensive care wards should place an age limit on beds. Rather than admit patients on a ‘first come first served’ basis, hospitals should swap to ‘catastrophe medicine’ guidelines – … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
Apple amends guidelines on iPhone maintenance to say customers CAN use disinfecting wipes and isopropyl alcohol to clean their devices Apple has changed its iPhone maintenance guidelines amid coronavirus fears The company says customers can use Clorox wipes and isopropyl alcohol Previously Apple said it may ruin a protective coating on the glass Apple warns … Read more
Workers over 40 to be taxed 2.5% to fund cost of old-age care under plans being considered by Matt Hancock All workers over 40 would be taxed 2.5 per cent of annual salary under plan Money would go towards funding the cost of care based on system in Germany Move is aimed at ending the … Read more
An 88-year-old wife was pictured attempting to communicate with her husband of 60 years through the window of the quarantined care home at the center of the US coronavirus outbreak. In the heartwrenching photos, obtained by DailyMail.com, Dorothy Campbell is seen peering through the glass at her husband Gene, 89, who is trapped like a prisoner inside the Life Care … Read more
The email landed a few days before our flight. ‘Dear Mum and Dad. Here are 32 places I want to go in Rome.’ There followed an exhaustive list compiled by our 13-year-old son Fred. We had only three days and the weather forecast was challenging. Still, it felt churlish to rain on a teenage boy’s … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The families of seniors locked down at a Washington state nursing long-term care facility are worried that time is running out before their relatives fall ill. Visitors were barred from Life Care Center in Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, after a series of 14 coronavirus infections sprang up at the home. Children and spouses of … Read more
As Boris Johnson once said: ‘There is something uniquely traumatic about being forced from your home by floods.’ These words were uttered by the Prime Minister last November – apparently with heartfelt sympathy – following a visit to Fishlake in South Yorkshire, then reeling from devastating flooding. Fast-forward to February and this devastation is starting … Read more