What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
An Italian couple who had been together for 60 years died without their son to comfort them on their deathbed, just two hours apart, on Tuesday from coronavirus. Severa Belotti, 82, and Luigi Carrara, 86, spent the last days of their lives in lockdown, in their hometown of Albino, in the northern Italian province of … Read more
A mother-of-four has revealed how she was left battling for her life after a break on her skin caused by a scratch left her contracting a flesh-eating bug. Liz Hewat, 51, from Chisholm, Victoria, whose terrifying ordeal began when she scratched at the red bumps on her skin, was rushed to Canberra Hospital where her … Read more