Emergency measures including a volunteer work force may be needed to keep care services running at the peak of the deadly coronavirus outbreak as homes for the elderly urge visitors to keep away. Workers could be shifted from one care provider to another to cover for carers who have contracted the bug, which has killed 11 … Read more
Ibiza and Majorca close all pubs and clubs in ‘drastic’ measures taken to halt the spread of coronavirus Balearic President, Francina Armengol said that ‘sacrifices’ need to be made There are 26 cases of coronavirus in the Balearics and there has been one death Discos and clubs will have to close for at least a … Read more
Professor Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham Professor Keith Neal Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham The plans are sensible. It’s very easy to say more needs to be done, but there is little evidence to make any decision. If people who might have … Read more
China halted the coronavirus using a ‘social nuclear weapon’ of extreme measures that Western countries will struggle to replicate, an expert has warned. His comments come as the virus which originated in Wuhan is spreading rapidly in Europe and has forced Italy to place the entire country on lockdown. Meanwhile President Xi Jinping told reporters today … Read more
North Korea is taking ‘unprecedented’ measures against coronavirus with month-long quarantines, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and loudspeakers blaring out health warnings. State media is demanding ‘absolute obedience’ to health authorities as the secretive nation tries to shield itself from the virus that emerged in neighbouring China. New arrivals are subject to 30 days’ … Read more