The coronavirus is spreading more quickly in Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the world than in China where the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan at the end of last year. The number of new infections inside China was for the first time overtaken…
Top story: Defences buckle under force of water Hello, Warren Murray with the Guardian’s best offerings for Thursday morning. Residents evacuated from properties in Ironbridge due to flooding are facing further misery with more wet weather impact expected today. A yellow weather warning of snow and ice has been issued…
Image caption Lahore Safari, Pakistan’s largest zoo, has nearly 40 lions in captivity The remains of a teenage boy have been found in the lion enclosure of a Lahore zoo, a day after he went missing. Officials said they are investigating how Muhammad Bilal, 17, made it over the fence…
IRAN The outbreak in Iran is spreading throughout the region. Cases in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates trace back to Iran. A health ministry official believes the virus may have spread through Chinese workers building a solar-power plant in Qom. As of Wednesday, Iran’s government…
Donald Trump praised US health officials’ response to the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, as he and other members of his administration attempted to play down its possible impact. Trump is due to speak about the outbreak on Wednesday evening after briefings from officials in the health department and the federal…
Former Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak has been buried in Cairo with a full military funeral, following his death aged 91. Mubarak’s body was transported from a mosque on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital to the family cemetery on Wednesday amid tight security and a full military ceremony. His coffin…
Coronavirus has spread to countries across Europe with Germany, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Croatia all reporting their first cases after hundreds of people caught the disease in Italy and 11 were killed. In the UK, schools have closed their doors and warned pupils to self-isolate following their return from trips abroad,…
Top story: World ‘simply not ready’ for pandemic Hello, I’m Warren Murray with your automatic update for Wednesday. Schools could close and travel around the UK might be restricted under stepped-up government plans to deal with the coronavirus as its spread accelerates across Europe. Switzerland, Austria and Croatia are among…
Image copyright AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS Image caption North Korean media has been open about the risks of the virus – and the efforts to combat it As the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea keeps on rising, attention is turning to how its impoverished neighbour might cope with…
February 25, 2020 at 4:36 pm | By CARLA K. JOHNSON China’s massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new virus. But with troubling outbreaks now emerging in Italy,…
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