2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
The launch in Belfast of RMS Titanic on May 31, 1911, attracted 100,000 people — around one-third of the city’s population. At the time, she was the largest ship yet built. This I learned on a visit to the spectacular Titanic museum in Belfast, where I joined the new Seabourn Ovation on its cruise around … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Some 135 Britons will land in the UK today after leaving the Grand Princess cruise ship – but despite being in close proximity to the 21 passengers and crew who have tested positive for coronavirus, they will not be formally quarantined and have been asked only to self-isolate in their own homes. The cargo airliner … Read more
Passengers aboard the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship continued to disembark the liner on Tuesday, a day after it docked in Oakland. The evacuation of the 951-foot ship began Monday, with several hundred people let off the ship. About 2,000 passengers, including hundreds of Californians, were still aboard Tuesday morning. ‘I’m bored and frustrated,’ said … Read more
A Florida couple who were passengers on the Grand Princess ocean liner linked to the coronavirus outbreak have sued the ship’s owner for more than $1million for putting the couple’s health at risk, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Ronald and Eva Weissberger of Broward County, Florida sued Princess Cruise Lines Ltd, a unit … Read more
The first passengers aboard the quarantined Grand Princess cruise ship disembarked the liner on Monday afternoon, with one man seen being placed into a stretcher. The cruise ship carrying 3,500 passengers and crew landed at the Port of Oakland on Monday after five days of being held in limbo in international waters. There are at … Read more
By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more
A 75-year-old male passenger who traveled on the Grand Princess and died from the coronavirus was infected before he came on board the quarantined vessel, says the medical officer on the vessel which remains off the coast of San Francisco with as many as 3000 people stranded on board. The now-deceased passenger from Placer County, … Read more