Staying at home this weekend is an instruction and "not a request", Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said, as he updated the country on the coronavirus. Speaking at the No 10 briefing, Mr Hancock said that while warm weather was forecast in some areas this weekend "the disease is still spreading". England's chief nursing officer… Continue reading Staying at Home This Weekend is Not a Request in UK_Ada Nkong

All we want to do is make sure people have a pleasant journey and a smile, but we're feeling totally undervalued and demotivated," says one BA staffer. The cabin crew member, who asked not to be named, said they first heard that 36,000 staff would be suspended on TV. They said that staff were yet… Continue reading British Airways to Suspend 36,000 Staff_Ada Nkong

CNN prime-time anchor Chris Cuomo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Cuomo Prime Time made the announcement via Twitter on Tuesday morning. Cuomo anchored his 9 p.m. Eastern hour on Monday from his home, and he says he will continue to do so as long as he is feeling well.In his daily coronavirus briefing,… Continue reading CNN’S Chris Cuomo Positive for Coronavirus_Ada Nkong

Prince Charles is out of self-isolation and is in good health after testing positive for coronavirus. The 71-year-old ,who falls into the at risk group because of his age, had ‘mild symptoms’ when he was diagnosed with Covid-19 last week. It was revealed on Wednesday March 25th that the heir-to-the throne had caught coronavirus. His… Continue reading Prince Charles Recovers From Covid-19, Out of Self Isolation _Ada Nkong

Spain's Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal in the world to die from coronavirus, according to a statement from her brother, Prince Sixto Enrique. The princess, a distant cousin of King Felipe VI, was 86 and died in Paris on Thursday, her brother said. Her funeral was held in Madrid on… Continue reading Spanish Princess First Royal to Die of Covid-19_Ada Nkong

Moscow Orders Lockdown As Russia Prepares For Total Confinement Channels TelevisionUpdated March 30, 202027 Residents stay in their apartments on the Moscow outskirts late on March 29, 2020. All residents of Moscow will be under strict self-isolation rules beginning on March 30, 2020,  Moscow on Monday imposed a lockdown in a bid to slow the… Continue reading Moscow Orders Lockdown As Russia Prepares for Total Confinement_Ada Nkong

The newly developed CPAP device A volunteer "patient" with the newly developed CPAP device. James Tye/UCL British researchers have redesigned a breathing aid so that it can be used to treat people with coronavirus-related breathing problems -- and keep them out of intensive care beds. The machines are normally used to treat patients with sleep… Continue reading UK Researchers Redesign breathing Machine to help Covid-19 Patients_Ada Nkong

Donald Trump extended federal guidelines on social distancing for another 30 days after a top public health expert warned deaths from the coronavirus could reach as many as 200,000 in the US. "The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks. So I'll say it again, the peak,… Continue reading Trump Extends US Social Distancing Guidelines to April 30_Ada Nkong

Trains packed with thousands of passengers arrived in Wuhan Saturday as the Chinese city that was Ground Zero for the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened after months in lockdown. Returnees, some wearing two face masks, latex gloves and protective suits, were greeted at the railway station by staff in similar anti-virus gear — a grim reminder… Continue reading Wuhan Ends Months of Total Lockdown_Ada Nkong