Month: February 2020

A new coronavirus patient in England has become the first person to catch the deadly illness within the UK.

A British man aged in his 70s has died in Japan after being infected with coronavirus while in quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

Frontline NHS doctors treating the sickest patients have warned the NHS may not be able to cope with a large-scale coronavirus outbreak. 

Fears over the coronavirus crisis have wiped more than £200bn in value from the FTSE 100 in the worst week for global stock markets since the 2008 financial crash.

Temporary flood defences are being set up in a desperate attempt to protect already submerged communities from Storm Jorge.

Northern Ireland has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus, its Public Health Agency has said.

Schools in the UK could be closed for more than two months if the coronavirus outbreak intensifies and becomes “out of control”, England’s chief medical officer has said.

Some British tourists are being allowed to leave a Tenerife hotel which has been on lockdown after four Italian guests, including a doctor, tested positive for the new coronavirus.

At least eight schools across the UK have closed and others have sent pupils home amid fears they may have been exposed to coronavirus.

Canada says it will end its security assistance for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when they step back from royal duties.