corona-virus
The human cost of the coronavirus outbreak in China continues to grow, but what will the economic cost be? China has the second largest GDP and one of the fastest-growing economies so the financial impact of the outbreak is likely to be felt around the world. We speak to economist Dr Jan Knoerich from King’s College London about just how big a shockwave this is likely to cause and what it means for the UK’s economy.
Speaking to Today on BBC Radio 4, John Oxford also dismissed the common provision of people wearing masks as a “total diversion”.
Boris Johnson said the UK should be “confident and calm” as number of cases in UK rises.
Some 7,700 people in the UK have been tested – but what happens when the result is positive?
The virus has been called Covid-19.
The government has introduced new measures to try and stop the virus spreading in the UK.
Louise Hsin-Yuan Peng, who had been nowhere near virus danger-zones, said she received a "xenophobic" message after arriving in the UK.
What will happen if my employees become ill or the city is quarantined? The government’s silence is deafening, writes Darren Burn.
Both are branches of the County Oak Medical Centre in East Sussex.
Infectious disease experts warn that we know too little about the outbreak to say it will slow down with warmer weather.