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Coronavirus: Australia sends 1,000 army personnel to Victoria to fight outbreak

editorJun 25, 20200

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Australia is sending 1,000 army personnel to Victoria amid a surge in virus cases in the south-eastern state. This comes after

Coronavirus: Downing Street to give daily TV briefings on outbreak

editorMar 16, 20200

(UTV| Coronavirus) – The government is to hold daily televised press conferences to update the public on the fight against coronavirus, Downing Street has said.

Coronavirus: Outbreak at ‘decisive point’ as WHO urges action

editorFeb 28, 20200

(UTV|Coronavirus) – The coronavirus outbreak has reached a “decisive point” and has “pandemic potential”, World Health Organization head Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus says. His comments come

Coronavirus: Outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy

editorFeb 26, 20200

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, with all appearing to be linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. Austria, Croatia

Coronavirus: ‘Narrowing window’ to contain outbreak, WHO says

editorFeb 22, 20200

(UTV|Coronavirus) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China

Coronavirus: Wuhan to shut public transport over outbreak

editorJan 23, 20200

(UTV|Coronavirus) – Wuhan, a Chinese city of eleven million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of a

China pneumonia outbreak: Mystery virus probed in Wuhan

editorJan 4, 20200

(UTV|WUHAN) – Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a mysterious viral pneumonia which has infected dozens of people in the central city of Wuhan.

New Ebola outbreak in DRC is ‘truly frightening’, says Wellcome Trust director

editorJun 13, 20190

(UTV|COLOMBO) – The head of a major medical research charity has called the latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa “truly frightening”. Nearly 1,400 people have