China unveils its first face mask vending machine as people queue for hours to buy them

Experts have lab tested face masks used by NHS medics to try to stop patients giving them illnesses spread through the air like flu, ebola and other illnesses similar to coronavirus such as SARs.  The Health and Safety Executive uses a specialist machine that sprays water droplets at a person wearing a mask to accurately replicate … Read more

Coronavirus travel tips: Sit in a window seat and disinfect tray tables

As the novel coronavirus spreads across the globe, health experts advise plane travelers to sit in a window seat, disinfect their table trays and window blinds, and warn that wearing a mask won’t prevent infection.  Officials say the best way to avoid catching the virus, which is spread through viral particles within mucus or saliva, … Read more

Elizabeth Warren is OUT as she finally quits presidential race

JOE BIDEN Age on Inauguration Day 2021: 78 Entered race: April 25, 2019 Career: No current role. A University of Delaware and Syracuse Law graduate, he was first elected to Newcastle City Council in 1969, then won upset election to Senate in 1972, aged 29. Was talked out of quitting before being sworn in when … Read more

Story behind Chris Whitty, the Oxford graduate who is leading Britain’s fight against coronavirus

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Story behind Chris Whitty, the Oxford graduate who is leading Britain’s fight against coronavirus

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Coronavirus: firms hiking prices on hand sanitiser may be fined

Competition watchdog will prosecute firms that take advantage of coronavirus panic by hiking prices of hand sanitisers and disinfectants Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said firms could be prosecuted Stores across the UK have been limited the amount of products people purchase Government could implement pricing measures if the problems continue   By Terri-ann Williams For … Read more

290 MILLION children face weeks at home as coronavirus forces ‘unparalleled’ school closures

Iran has today ordered all its schools and universities shut until April because of the coronavirus outbreak, with 290million children facing weeks at home in ‘unparallelled’ closures around the globe.  Health minister Saeed Namaki said classrooms would remain closed until the end of the Persian year on March 19, which is followed by national holidays … Read more

An ‘unruly’ mother who bit and scratched an airline pilot found guilty of assault

A grandmother was dragged out of court today by police after being cleared of kicking a Swiss Air pilot who her daughter bit and scratched – but has been spared jail. Henrietta Mitaiare, 23, was let off with a four-month suspended jail sentence this afternoon, despite attacking Swiss Air Captain Guido Keel when the flight … Read more