Coronavirus
Pilots, flight attendants demand flights to China stop, France confirms sixth case of coronavirus infection
Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading…
Italy confirms first two cases of coronavirus
Italy has confirmed its first cases of the deadly coronavirus, shortly after the outbreak was declared a global health emergency. Italian prime…
Coronavirus declared global emergency by World Health Organisation
Coronavirus is declared global emergency by World Health Organization as outbreak continues to spread outside China with the total of infected people…
Russia closes its borders with China amid ongoing coronavirus crisis
Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Thursday announced that Russia will close its borders with China amid the worsening situation on coronavirus…
Concern over Chinese with fever on cruise ship in Italian harbour, 6,000 passengers blocked on-board
Six thousand passengers on an Italian cruise ship are currently blocked at Civitavecchia after a Chinese couple came down with a fever…
The Philippines and India confirm first case of new coronavirus
The Philippine health officials have confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the country. A 38-year-old Chinese woman, who arrived…
Coronavirus case confirmed in Finland, cases in France increase to five
A new case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Finland, according to local media — the first in the Nordic region. France…
Flight taking Britons out of Wuhan ‘unable to take off’
A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirus-hit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned…
WHO to hold emergency meeting, virus spreads to every Chinese region
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to convene its expert committee again on Thursday to discuss whether to declare a global health…
Starbucks closes 2,000 stores in China over coronavirus outbreak
Starbucks has closed more than 2,000 outlets in China and cautioned that its annual financial results had been threatened by the coronavirus,…
Chinese health official says virus cases in Beijing, risk of infection rising, Russia and China working to develop coronavirus vaccine
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Beijing and the risk of infection there are on the rise, a health official in…
Suspected coronavirus cases in Israel
A man, a four-year-old child and a one-year-old baby were quarantined in Hadera's Hillel Yaffe hospital in Israel due to suspicions of…