Sportswear brands warn of sales hits as coronavirus epidemic spreads

Top sportswear brands warn of multi-million pound sales hits as coronavirus epidemic worsens By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 11 March 2020 The world’s top sportswear brands have warned of multi-million pound hits to sales as the coronavirus epidemic spreads. Adidas said its sales … Read more

PROFESSOR HUGH PENNINGTON explains how Covid-19 spreads

WHAT EXACTLY IS CORONAVIRUS? ‘Coronavirus’ is the name given to a family of viruses that we have known about since the mid-1960s. Covid-19, the cause of the current outbreak, is a new strain of coronavirus. In total, we know of seven coronaviruses that can infect humans. They include certain strains of the common cold and … Read more

Government could regulate prices of key goods to stop profiteering as coronavirus spreads

Rogue retailers should not ‘cash in on fear’ and panic-buying by imposing big mark-ups on household essentials, a watchdog warned yesterday. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) also said the Government may regulate the price of key products to prevent rip-offs. The goods affected could include everything from hand sanitiser, toilet paper and painkillers to … Read more

CDC urges senior citizens to stay home and avoid face-to-face contact as coronavirus spreads

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are advising senior citizens at risk of contracting coronavirus to stay home and avoid in-person interaction. In a call to reporters on Tuesday, Dr Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said the elderly are most at risk because of their ages … Read more

Panic spreads across Surrey town after family was given coronavirus by unknown ‘super-spreader’

Anxiety in an exclusive Surrey market town at the centre of Britain’s coronavirus crisis is heightening today as health officials still hunt for the mystery ‘super-spreader’ whose infection has been passed to at least four people in the stockbroker belt. Haslemere, an affluent commuter community of 10,000 people nestled in the Surrey Hills, is at the … Read more

Health chiefs urge over-60s to avoid crowds as coronavirus panic spreads

Everyone aged over 60 is being advised to avoid crowded areas including trains, buses and even supermarkets to prevent catching coronavirus. The drastic warning was issued by the World Health Organisation, which also urged people in this age group to skip routine appointments at doctors’ surgeries and hospitals. While infection is far more likely to … Read more

Coronavirus spreads to the SOUTH of Italy as illness hits Sicily

Italy has confirmed its first case of coronavirus in the south after a holidaymaker from the north fell sick while visiting Sicily with her husband and friends. The 66-year-old woman, from Bergamo, travelled to the Sicilian capital of Palermo on Friday morning before her home region of Lombardy was put on lockdown following a surge … Read more