LONDON (Reuters) – Around 148,000 people in England had COVID-19 in recent weeks, according to results on Thursday from a large-scale study in Britain into the spread of the disease. The Office for National Statistics said it estimated that about 0.27% of
Nigerian authorities in Lagos have announced a ban on public gatherings of more than 50 people in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. “We are limiting gatherings and events to no more than 50 people and appropriate social distancing must
Schools in the UK are to shut from Friday until further notice as a response to the coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister has said. Earlier today the same measures were announced in Scotland and Wales as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread
Kenya has confirmed three more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to seven. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said all the cases the patients had arrived abroad. The latest cases involve a couple who had travelled from Spain’s capital, Madrid, through Dubai, arriving
China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 160,000 people globally has exposed shortcomings in the global health system. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters during a daily briefing that China calls on the
The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials said Monday, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease. But it may be another year to 18 months before it
Patient with underlying health conditions becomes first person with coronavirus to die in the UK, hospital says A spokesperson from the trust said in a statement the patient had previously been “in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons” but had tested
Three new countries in Europe reported their first coronavirus cases on Tuesday all from Italy. Italy has in recent days become Europe’s worst-affected country, with more than 300 cases and 11 deaths. A man in Croatia who recently returned from Italy became
A Chinese tourist has died in France after contracting the new coronavirus – the first fatality from the disease outside Asia. The victim was an 80-year-old woman from China’s Hubei province, according to French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn. She arrived in France
A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus just 30 hours after birth, the youngest case recorded so far. The baby’s mother reportedly tested positive before she gave birth on Feb. 2 in Wuhan — the epicenter of the virus, the