The 17 state colleges and universities have been directed to immediately suspend or cancel institutionally-sponsored travel to several countries due to concerns about coronavirus. An announcement sent to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities community on Thursday says that all colleges and universities must immediately suspend or cancel institutionally-sponsored travel to countries designated Level 3 (warning) and Level 2 (watch)…
TAIPEI - Mask factories in Taiwan have been operating 24/7 for over a month since the island detected its first case of the coronavirus in January, but the masks still sell out at most pharmacies as soon as they open.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The toys were expected to hit stores by May 2020
“I don’t blame people for being concerned about their travel plans. It’s a very, very difficult time right now,” an aviation security expert says.
There are still no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky. According to Dr. Steven Stack, the Kentucky Public Health Commissioner, three people in Kentucky have been tested. Dr. Stack said two came back negative. The third test is still awaiting results. "As the disease spreads, there will eventually likely be a case in Kentucky or perhaps multiple cases," Dr. Stack said over the phone Tuesday. That's why the state has worked ahead and...
Doctor would have seen scores of patients over last week before he was diagnosed
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): Ahead of India's first ODI against South Africa on March 12 at Dharamshala, the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) general manager Col HS Manhas on Wednesday said all precautions are being taken by the medical teams amid the coronavirus scare.
As the Covid-19 virus continues to spread globally, major players are calling off events
Students in a program run by Lisle's Benedictine University in China are on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 coronavirus.
All the cases were reported in two cities – Minsk (four cases) and Vitebsk (two cases), Vladimir Karanik said.
Japanese clinics and hospitals have seen far fewer influenza cases this season than in a typical year, a drop some doctors attribute to better public hygiene as people take measures against the novel coronavirus.
The players have been asked to instead use the signs as an alternative way.
Viral Facebook posts use a photo of a vaccine for cows to falsely suggest that the novel coronavirus isn't actually new, alleging it is proof of "how much the media controls people." The cattle vaccine has nothing to do with the COVID-19 virus. The post Cattle Vaccine Not Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus appeared first on FactCheck.org.
Mick Mulvaney claimed the media is covering the coronavirus because "they think this is going to be what brings down the president."
New Jersey plans for quarantines, screenings, school closings, health care worker training and how to talk to your child about the coronavirus outbreak
With several sick passengers and crew members, the vessel will be delayed along the coast while U.S. Centers for Disease Control health officials fly tests to the ship and screen passengers for the virus.
Cleaners disinfect a restaurant in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, today (March 5) after a worker returned from coronavirus hot-spot South Korea ate there. The overseas worker, one of 5,000 Thais returning from South Korea where 40 have died so far, took their family to the BBQ grill restaurant on Tuesday (March 3). But staff later learned that they had been serving someone who was at high risk of carrying the deadly COVID-19. Restaurant owner Watcharin Noi Phut, 39, said: ''We saw on social media that the person who recently returned from Korea had eaten here. So we immediately closed the restaurant and began cleaning every surface.'' Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha confirmed today that illegal Thai workers from Daegu, in South Korea, must be put under quarantine for 14 days to prevent the possible spread of the disease. While The country's Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said a meeting was held today to find measures to address the return of Thai workers from the rest of the country. More than 5,000 Thai workers have been requested to travel back to Thailand following the outbreak outbreak in South Korea, which has already seen more than 6,100 infections.
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency following California’s first fatality linked to the coronavirus, contributing to the U.S’s overall death toll from the disease, which grew to 11 on Wednesday. Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press