The World Health Organization has posted a memo on its website that debunks the most common myths about coronavirus. The Voice of America publication outlined the main theses. Are hand dryers effective in killing coronavirus? No. Hand dryers are not effective in killing the 2019-nCoV strain of the virus. To protect yourself...

Financial markets around the world are falling for the sixth day in a row amid fears by traders and investors that the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus will disrupt the global economy. In almost 50 countries of the world, more than 80 thousand cases of the disease and more than 2800 deaths have been recorded, the vast majority ...

The first patient with coronavirus in Belarus is an Iranian student who arrived in the country on February 22 on a flight from Baku. On that same day, Lithuania reported its first case of SARS-CoV-2 infection, DW writes. The first case of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been recorded in Belarus. Tests carried out...

Chinese health authorities have unveiled the first study of the Covid-19 coronavirus, based on an analysis of more than 70 cases, the BBC writes. According to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in more than 000% of cases, the disease proceeded without complications, and the greatest risk of exacerbations concerned ...

20 Ukrainians who worked in an amusement park in Wuhan await evacuation. They were locked in a hostel, the BBC reported. They say they have little food and ask to be taken home. It is not known when the Ukrainians will be taken out of China. On February 11, the Ministry of Health said that the evacuation was not ...

The growth of almost every major epidemic is facilitated by so-called super-spreaders, that is, infected people who infect an unusually large number of others, writes the BBC. It is clear that they do not do it on purpose, but their share in the spread of the epidemic is significant. The current one was no exception ...

The number of cases of the new coronavirus is increasing, but there is little information about the conditions under which they are fighting in Chinese hospitals and clinics, says the BBC. At the beginning of the epidemic, the Chinese press was able to write relatively freely and in detail about what was happening. But now from the Internet ...

A Ukrainian became infected with the new Chinese coronavirus on board the quarantine cruise ship Diamond Princess, which is located in a Japanese port, writes Obozrevatel. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan on Sunday, February 9, reported six new cases of infection, the press service reports. Director of the Consular Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergei...

If you're planning to book a flight during the coronavirus outbreak, it's best to choose a window seat, according to researchers from Emory University, Fox News reported. The FlyHealthy research team monitored passenger behavior and movement on 10 transcontinental flights to the US lasting from ...