Tag Archives: health

A GP surgery in Islington, north London, closed abruptly today after a coronavirus scare – a day after the capital last night announced its first case of the killer disease. Cleaners wearing protective clothing were pictured scrubbing down the Ritchie Street Health Centre, near the Angel underground station. The surgery blamed …

A British student evacuated from Wuhan has today documented his journey from ‘living in fear’ and suffering panic attacks in coronavirus-hit China to life in quarantine in a Milton Keynes hotel with free Netflix. Camryn Turner, 27, was in the middle of a music course in the virus-ravaged city when the outbreak, …

The joy of a much longed-for pregnancy against all the odds turned to shock and fear when doctors told Sarah-Jayne Larkins her unborn son had multiple abnormalities. Now, as she comes to terms with Archie David’s death, she is determined to raise £15,000 as a lasting legacy to her little …

A taxi driver in Brighton has reportedly been told to self-isolate after coming into contact with a coronavirus patient, while an NHS A&E doctor in Worthing was today confirmed as being one of the eight Britons struck down by the killer infection. The unidentified taxi driver is believed to be …

Two prisoners in Oxfordshire are reportedly being tested for the coronavirus after a man who transferred from a jail in Thailand collapsed in his cell last night. A total of 33 cases of the coronavirus, now named COVID-19, have been diagnosed in Thailand – it was the first country outside …

An evacuation flight carrying more than 150 British passengers has left coronavirus-hit Wuhan for the UK amid the outbreak in the Chinese city. The Britons were airlifted from the Hubei province and flown back home in what will be the second and final flight to be chartered from the region by …

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 …