“Addiction is a real illness and coronavirus is a real concern. This isn’t funny.”
He had just got back from a holiday in Italy
Some police departments are putting out fake warnings that illicit drugs could be contaminated with coronavirus in an effort to make drug arrests.
Police used tear gas on protesting residents of France's Indian Ocean territory Reunion Island on Sunday who tried to block passengers of a cruise ship turned away from nearby Madagascar for fear there may be people infected with the coronavirus on board. The incident came just hours after clashes between police and protesters near the airport in Martinique, another French overseas territory, demanding strict control of any new arrivals as panic...
DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - Five officers with the Dallas Police Department were given time off from work after a man they recently arrested was sent to Parkland Hospital to be monitored for signs of the coronavirus. The move is part of DPD's contagious disease policy. The officers were all involved with arresting or transporting a domestic violence suspect on Sunday. They were called to an apartment complex on Hudson Street and arrested a 24-year-old...
Developing story: Leipziger Buchesse shutters its planned March 12 to 15 show; London Book Fair still hanging fire amid more cancellations.
A Thai police raid on a recycling factory on Monday made the revolting discovery that used face masks were being repackaged in boxes to be sold as new.
Police are investigating an alleged race-hate attack on a Singaporean student in London by a group of people who are said to have shouted about the coronavirus before beating him up. Officers said they were looking into reports of an attack on Oxford Street at about 9.30pm last Monday, after Jonathan Mok shared pictures of his battered face and wrote about his ordeal in a Facebook post. Mok said one of the group tried to kick him in the head and...
London Marathon bosses are holding crisis talks amid growing fears that next month's race will be cancelled because of coronavirus, with Matt Hancock refusing to rule out cancelling the event.
The outbreak has created "another excuse for racism to rear its ugly head".
A 23-year-old Singapore man of Chinese ethnicity who was studying in London has spoken out about racism linked to the coronavirus after suffering facial injuries in a "racially aggravated assault."
Organisers say they have decided not to go ahead due to the virus's "escalation" in Europe.
An Amazon worker in Seattle tested positive for the novel coronavirus as concerns mounted over its spread in the U.S., though the number of new infections in China, where the outbreak began, continued to decline.
Photos taken today show brave nurses in west London donning face masks and protective glasses while swabbing patients in their nose and mouth through an open car window.