Coronavirus may be spreading so quickly due to fecal transmission, researchers suggest

Fecal transmission may explain why the new coronavirus has been spreading so rapidly, particularly in healthcare settings. Most people become infected after a sick person coughs or sneezes, spraying virus-carrying droplets into the air, which are inhaled by others. But Chinese researchers say they found live viral particles in stool specimens of those infected with … Read more

Coronavirus may be spreading so quickly due to fecal transmission, researchers suggest

Fecal transmission may explain why the new coronavirus has been spreading so rapidly, particularly in healthcare settings. Most people become infected after a sick person coughs or sneezes, spraying virus-carrying droplets into the air, which are inhaled by others. But Chinese researchers say they found live viral particles in stool specimens of those infected with … Read more

President of Princess Cruises blows kisses and makes a heart gestures as guests leave ship

President of Princess Cruises blows kisses and makes a heart gesture as she greets people disembarking from coronavirus-stricken ship in Japan on the day it emerged two passengers died Jan Swartz was shown waving, giggling and clapping as guests disembarked They had been stuck on the Diamond Princess for two weeks in Yokohama, Japan Man, … Read more

Chinese officials continue to beat dogs to death in the name of fighting coronavirus

Chinese local officials have killed residents’ pets family by family to stop the spread of coronavirus, according to animal activists. Widespread fears of pets being able to spread the disease began last month after a Chinese health expert claimed animals needed to be quarantined during the outbreak to stop the spread of the disease. However, the … Read more

Coronavirus cruise ship Diamond Princess will be back in service in April after ‘fully sanitized’

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

Honeymooner who caught coronavirus on Diamond Princess blasts government

A honeymooner who was the first Briton to catch the killer coronavirus on the doomed Diamond Princess cruise has today attacked the Government for treating the dozens of UK nationals still onboard ‘pretty badly’. Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, blasted the Foreign Office for abandoning Britons on the virus-ridden ship after the US, Australia, Canada, Hong … Read more

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

Drug dealer inmate who was at the centre of a coronavirus scare pleads guilty to charges

Drug dealer who was at the centre of a coronavirus scare when he collapsed in HMP Bullingdon after being transferred to the UK from a Thai jail pleads guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis as second in command of a 15-strong crime gang Mark Rumble was one of two inmates isolated but both … Read more

‘Every pore on my body opened’: British victim describes what it is like to have coronavirus

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