Woman, 39, calls police 16 times to falsely claim her boyfriend has coronavirus after a row

‘Drunk’ woman, 39, calls police 16 times falsely claiming her boyfriend has coronavirus because ‘he failed to apologise to her after an argument’ Woman told Chinese police her boyfriend had been coughing and having fever   She later admitted she lied because her partner had refused to say sorry to her She also claimed she was … Read more

Primark, Asos and Halfords fear supply shortages as coronavirus crisis triggers factory closures

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 75,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Indonesia’s claim it has no cases of the coronavirus is ‘unlikely’, expert warns

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 75,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Hit by Wuhan flu: How diggers, diamonds and even James Bond are among the victims of the coronavirus

From dentists to diggers, from Bond to Bicester Village, the wider impact of the coronavirus crisis is only now beginning to be felt. With parts of China, the world’s second largest economy, still effectively closed for business, industries across the world that rely on the country to manufacture their products or parts are being hit … Read more

Another Wuhan hospital chief ‘fights for her life after contracting coronavirus’ 

Another hospital chief at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak has reportedly been hospitalised after contracting the disease.  Dr Wang Ping, the head of Wuhan No. 8 Hospital, was being treated at the city’s Jinyintan Hospital, state media said today. Just yesterday, the director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital died of the disease following ‘all-out rescue … Read more

Mother and two kids reunited with their father after two weeks in coronavirus quarantine

This is the emotional moment a mother and her two children are reunited with their dad after weeks under coronavirus quarantine.   Yanjun Wei and her two kids, Mia and Rowan, were released from quarantine at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, on Tuesday.  The trio had been trying to get home from the coronavirus … Read more

Sick Instagram fashionistas are using the killer Coronavirus to draw in social media likes

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,900 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 73,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Beijing punishes three Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘the real sick man of Asia’ headline

China has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for The Wall Street Journal after the U.S. newspaper declined to apologise for a headline that called China ‘the real sick man of Asia’ amid the coronavirus outbreak. The opinion column, penned by an American professor and published earlier this month, has been deemed racist and slanderous by Beijing. … Read more

Coronavirus death toll climbs to more than 2,000 with more than 75,000 cases recorded across world

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,900 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 73,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more