According to the WHO, countries need to act over the COVID-19 outbreak in order to avert a possible pandemic. They also called the sudden increase of deaths from the virus in Italy ‘deeply concerning’. The Italian authorities have confirmed 7 deaths due to the virus and it’s spreading from the […]
Some medical nurses who’re working at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China have taken a very extreme measure in an effort to better their efficiency- they’re shaving their heads. Why are they doing this exactly? In the last couple of days, there’ve been videos circling on social […]
A 28-year-old hospital pharmacist who worked 10 days in a row while fighting the coronavirus in central China died from a heart attack. The pharmacist Song Yingjie was part of a medical team which measured the temperatures of drivers at a motorway checkpoint in Hunan, the province that is to […]
The World Health Organization declared an international emergency because of the coronavirus epidemic. Many experts consider this decision to be overdue because the number of confirmed cases went over the 8,100 individuals globally who got sick during the SARS outbreak back in 2003. The director general of the organization, Tedros […]
A mysterious Sars-like virus has been spreading through China and Beijing. It’s been causing anxiety due to a possible outbreak as millions start travelling for the lunar New Year. According to reports by authorities, there have been 139 cases of the new strain of coronavirus during the weekend. This has […]