On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence announced that any American can be tested for coronavirus as long as a doctor approves it. The move appears to expand upon previous criteria needed for testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But how do you determine if you have symptoms of COVID-19 and when you … Read more
Bill Gates warns six to 10 weeks of total isolation ‘is the best case scenario’ for the U.S. and says you can’t ‘ignore the pile of bodies in the corner’ and return to normal Microsoft founder said there ‘really is no middle ground’ in stopping the virus But he acknowledged shutdowns will be ‘disastrous’ for … Read more
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
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
Co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the board of Microsoft, the company announced Bill Gates is leaving the board of Microsoft, the company announced Friday. The Microsoft co-founder, 64, is to dedicate more of his time to his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation He has been spending more time on his philanthropic … Read more
One’s been locked out! The Queen arrives at Windsor Castle to find the gates firmly bolted – and a bodyguard tries in vain to pull them open The Queen was locked out of Windsor Castle upon arrival last Thursday Her Range Rover swept into the driveway but braked abruptly as the gates shut A female … Read more
JK Rowling is renovating her £2m Edinburgh mansion with new kitchen, scullery and pantry and will erect 4ft high gates at 162-acre Perthshire estate Harry Potter author, 54, is updating Edinburgh home with new kitchen/pantry She is also putting up security gates at her estate in Perthshire, Scotland Both sets of plans have had the … Read more
Philanthropist Bill Gates on Friday warned that the coronavirus is beginning to behave like a ‘once-in-a-century’ pathogen with the potential to kill more people than the 66,000 Americans who died in the 1957 influenza pandemic. ‘The data so far suggest that the virus has a case fatality risk around 1 per cent,’ Gates wrote. ‘This … Read more