World Health Organization holds secretive talks with tech giants over coronavirus misinformation

Google, Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants spent a day in secretive talks with the World Health Organization to tackle the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Social media companies including Twitter and Youtube have already been working to remove post about the virus that are proved to be fake. The World Health Organization (WHO) has offered … Read more

Britons mock dramatic Government coronavirus advice that could see MILLIONS told to stay at home

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,800 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 71,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

Japan cancels Emperor’s public birthday

Japan cancels Emperor’s public birthday celebrations amid coronavirus fears as government tells people to avoid ‘non-essential gatherings’ Emperor Naruhito will no longer appear at his birthday celebration in Tokyo   The celebrations were to be the Emperor’s first since he took the throne in 2019 The last time the celebrations were cancelled was in 1996, when … Read more

Thai City worker is assaulted and robbed by two teenagers who shouted ‘coronavirus’ at him

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Almost 1,800 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 71,000 have been infected. But experts predict the true number of people with the disease could be as high as … Read more

South Korea tracks coronavirus patients’ locations using phone data and publishes it online 

South Korea tracks coronavirus patients’ locations using phone data and CCTV footage – then publishes it online South Korean government tracks coronavirus patients and publishes locations  All 29 confirmed cases are tracked using phone data, credit cards and CCTV Their locations are then published on Ministry of Health and Welfare website By Chris Dyer For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Chinese scientists are testing 2,000-year-old traditional remedies on coronavirus patients

Chinese scientists ‘are using 2,000-year-old traditional remedies on patients suffering with coronavirus’ say experts Doctors in Wuhan testing traditional Chinese medicines to treat the coronavirus New pharmaceutical drugs being listed alongside ancient traditional therapies  One remedy is shuanghuanglian, a herbal medicine made from Lian Qiao extract Dried fruit said to have been used to treat … Read more

Branch of Clarks shoe shop closes in Coronavirus scare as member of staff is sent for testing 

Branch of Clarks shoe shop closes in Coronavirus scare as member of staff is sent for testing Store in Nantwich, Cheshire closed Friday afternoon and missed Saturday trade Clarks said it had closed on advice it had received from Public Health England  One employee has been tested for the Coronavirus and is in self-quarantine  By … Read more

Eight-month-old boy who was feared to be Britain’s youngest Coronavirus gets the all clear

An eight-month-old baby who was feared to be Britain’s youngest coronavirus sufferer gets the all clear after a doctor treating him for a leg injury in hospital tested positive for the virus.  Terrified mother Stephanie Adlam, 28,  self-isolated herself, baby James and his four-year-old sister Lexi after being told her son had come into ‘direct … Read more