Tag Archives: Coronavirus

A private school has been closed today after the family of some of their pupils were put in isolation over fears they may have contracted coronavirus. St Mary’s Independent School in Southampton, Hampshire, which charges up to £10,500 a year, is currently on lockdown after they showed symptoms of the …

Fourth coronavirus case in UK: New patient is treated in London after picking up virus in France Patient is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in Camden, north London  They join two Chinese nationals quarantined in York and British man in Brighton   Brighton man infected in Singapore then flew …

Five Britons – including a nine-year-old boy – have been diagnosed with deadly coronavirus in France after being whisked to hospital from a ski chalet high in the Alps. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that environmental consultant Bob Saynor, 48, and his nine-year-old son have been named locally as …

As the spread of the coronavirus picks up its pace, it’s only natural that investors start wondering what that means for their portfolio. There are two main ways that people react to a market shock such as this: panic or profit. Panicked investors might sell-up and run for the hills, …

A frantic but farcical hunt is on for anyone who spent more than 15 minutes with a businessman who became the third person in the UK to test positive for coronavirus – but officials have not told the public who he is. Officials are desperately hunting for anyone who came into brief …

The UK’s third coronavirus patient is thought to be a Briton who caught the virus outside of China – sparking fears the outbreak is much more widespread than previously thought.  Public Health England said the patient had not visited the mainland and instead caught the highly contagious virus ‘elsewhere in …

The European Union may be delaying the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak after it stalled over a decision to ban all direct flights from China and turn away foreign nationals who have been to the disease-stricken country within the last 14 days.   Scores of passengers fleeing the coronavirus-hit country have been …

Furious Britons stuck in coronavirus-hit China have today attacked the Government after it warned all 30,000 UK nationals to leave the country, as it emerged they would be expected to make their own way home.  In a dramatic escalation of its official advice to just avoid China, the Foreign Office …

Patients confirmed to have been infected with coronavirus have been treated at a contagious disease facility in Cottingham. Two patients were being looked after by a team of medics at the specialist unit inside Castle Hill Hospital before being transferred to Newcastle. Sources told Hull Live that hospital staff were …

The two relatives who have tested positive for the killer coronavirus are Chinese tourists who were staying in a budget hotel in York when they came down with the world’s most feared illness, it was revealed today.  The British Government is scrambling to find anyone who came into contact with …