Coronavirus: Australia sends 1,000 army personnel to Victoria to fight outbreak
(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...
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Coronavirus: Downing Street to give daily TV briefings on outbreak
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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...