In a popular resort, a hotel with hundreds of tourists isolated due to coronavirus

Hundreds of hotel guests in Tenerife, including at least two Russians, were locked up after one of the guests, an Italian doctor, was diagnosed with a coronavirus, writes the BBC. The doctor came to rest from Lombardy, where the coronavirus outbreak occurred. In general ...

A new round of coronavirus: has a pandemic started and should it be feared

Last weekend—February 22 and 23—the number of people infected with coronavirus increased sharply around the world. At the same time, the virus, which was officially named SARS-CoV-2, left China and the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which received the sad nickname “floating Petri dish,” writes the BBC.…

Russia has denied entry to Chinese citizens due to the threat of coronavirus

The restriction will come into force on February 20 for those traveling for work, private, educational and tourist purposes, TASS writes. Acceptance of documents, registration and issuance of invitations to Chinese citizens to enter for private and educational purposes will be suspended...

The panic epidemic: why everyone is afraid of the coronavirus, although measles is infectious, and the mortality from the flu is higher

For more than a month, the world's leading media have been focusing on the latest news about the Chinese coronavirus. According to the latest data, in two months of the epidemic, a total of 1875 people became its victims, the BBC writes. Of these, only 86 died outside Hubei province ...

On board Delta and Hawaiian flights there was a coronavirus-affected couple: authorities are sounding the alarm

Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines are partnering with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Japanese health officials to track the path of a couple from Nagoya, Japan, who was diagnosed with the coronavirus after returning from Hawaii, USA Today writes. ...

Coronavirus on a cruise ship: 400 Americans evacuated, the first Russian woman fell ill

US citizens aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship have been evacuated from a ship that has been quarantined for two weeks in a port in Japan. Two charters of the American government on the morning of February 17 took off from Tokyo International Airport, writes the Air Force, and have already landed in the United States. Total…

Pranker sent to jail due to rally on coronavirus in Moscow metro

During a trip to the Moscow metro, a citizen of Tajikistan pretended to be infected with a coronavirus and was having a seizure. Now he is in jail, two of his alleged accomplices were detained, DW reports. The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow ruled to detain a citizen for 30 days ...

Chinese coronavirus: three people escaped from quarantine in Russia

A pregnant woman with a child jumped out of the hospital window to avoid quarantine, while another Russian woman managed to escape from the hospital quarantine by turning off the electronic lock, writes the Daily Telegraph. According to both women, they fled due to the attitude of the doctors, poor conditions and fear that ...

Scientists have found a universal way to protect against all viruses at once

Scientists have discovered a new potential target for antiviral drugs. The discovery could lead to the creation of a universal treatment method for many infectious diseases at once. The results of the study were published in the journal Cell Reports, writes RIA Novosti. As the coronavirus outbreak in China shows, viruses represent a constant…

'Awful number': epidemiologist says Chinese coronavirus could infect 60% of the world's population

The Chinese coronavirus could infect 60% of the world's population if left "uncontrolled," leading epidemiologist Gabriel Leung concluded based on the virus's estimated "attack frequency," Business Insider writes. Dr Leung said that "60% of the world's population is an awfully large number"....

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