There are lots and lots of stories about this virus. I don't have time to post them all, but here's the list. Click on the link at the bottom to get to the site and choose which ones you want to read.
CARE HOME visited by coronavirus GP shuts down: Brighton gripped by fear in hunt for children, patients and YOGA class who may have caught disease from 'super-spreader' scout leader or two GPs he infected - as officials 'lose control' of his movements
11/02/20 09:14
Patcham Nursing Home in the north of the city has closed its doors to visitors as a 'precaution' amid fears a GP with coronavirus visited one of its 24 elderly residents last week. And this morning students at Bevendean Primary School have been told they can stay at home after it was revealed a teacher there is in 'self-isolation' over fears they have caught the coronavirus from the city's super-spreader. It comes after members of a yoga class attended by the coronavirus patient at the Cornerstone Community Centre were told to stay indoors and avoid interacting with people over fears they may have contracted the disease during the session.
Luxurious golf resort once favoured by media giant Kerry Packer is chosen as a potential site for a coronavirus quarantine facility
11/02/20 08:44
A Queensland golf resort once favoured by media giant Kerry Packer has been earmarked as a coronavirus quarantine facility.
Tesla's roller coaster week: Stock in the electric car giant rises above $800 AGAIN and then retreats as Shanghai factory says it will resume production that was halted over Coronavirus fears
11/02/20 08:36
Shares of Tesla stock were up over $800 before retreating again after the EV maker said its Shanghai factory, shuttered due to coronavirus concerns, would resume production.
First US evacuee from China to develop coronavirus was MISTAKENLY released from San Diego hospital after initial test was negative as it becomes 13th case in the US as global death toll tops 1,000
11/02/20 08:30
After the patient was airlifted from the locked-down Hubei province, China, last week, they were quarantined at the University of California where they will remain for two weeks.
Which masks can REALLY keep you safe against the rapid spread of coronavirus? Our experts give you the lowdown on the best... and the rest
11/02/20 08:12
The rapid spread of coronavirus has prompted some people in the UK to wear masks. However shortage is compounded by the fact that China is the world's biggest manufacturer of them.
Frantic UK coronavirus hunt: Health officials search for 'up to 15' patients of two GPs infected by 'super-spreader' Brighton scout master - as fears grow they are passing on disease to HUNDREDS more
11/02/20 07:45
Tracking down the patients of the two Brighton doctors has been made a priority because the virus is known to be particularly dangerous for those with pre-existing health conditions.
'Imagine being trapped in your bathroom for 144 HOURS': California passenger, 57, describes his agony aboard coronavirus-quarantined cruise ship as toll of infected passengers rises to 136
11/02/20 07:34
California man Matthew Smith, 57, says being stuck on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan feels like being 'trapped in a bathroom' as passengers await the all-clear.
Another Australian tests positive for deadly coronavirus as global deaths top 1000 - but health experts say there is no reason to panic
11/02/20 07:12
South Australia Health said the person recorded a 'weak positive' result and was cleared following further tests on Tuesday. They had no known link to the virus.
Coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000 as it killed more than 100 in the Chinese province at the outbreak's center on Monday - and horrifying map suggests thousands of travelers may have spread it from Wuhan to nearly 400 cities worldwide
11/02/20 07:10
The coronavirus outbreak has now killed more 1,000 people the world over, with more than 100 of them dying Monday alone according to data form the Chinese government released Monday evening.
Leave the masks at home: Aussies told there is no threat of deadly coronavirus in Australia as 15 people with the disease are in 'good condition'
11/02/20 06:43
Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy, said that despite 15 people in the country contracting the disease, they were all in 'good condition'.
'We're missing out on our lives': Inside the hellish cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan where hundreds of passengers are confined to their cabins due to coronavirus fears
11/02/20 06:15
Mother-of-three Aun Na Tan is one of 225 Australian passengers in lockdown on the boat, where people are being confined to their cabins for two weeks.
Australia's ban on travellers coming from China could result in thousands of job losses as nation's tourism market plummets amid coronavirus crisis
11/02/20 05:29
The Australian Government put a 14-day ban on foreign travellers who have left or passed through mainland China from arriving on our shores - which began on February 1.
Job recruitment company Indeed closes its Sydney office and orders hundreds of employees to work from from home over coronavirus scare
11/02/20 05:23
The employment platform closed three offices on Monday, ordering more than 1,000 staff in Dublin, Sydney, and Singapore to work from home.
British schools issue coronavirus warnings to parents amid fears half-term holidays to the Far East could spark a new surge of cases into the UK
11/02/20 02:11
Writing to parents on Monday schools across the country diligently passed on the information offered by The Department for Education - to avoid mainland China and use hand sanitiser.
'Yeah, it's a joke': Furious parents pull their kids from school after learning the campus is next door to a makeshift coronavirus quarantine camp
11/02/20 01:58
Around 280 Australians will be isolated at the unused Inpex workers village in Howard Springs, 30km east of Darwin, after fleeing the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan.
The 'super-spreaders': From the Irish cook dubbed Typhoid Mary to British man at the centre of UK coronavirus cluster - why DO some patients transmit infections far more than others?
11/02/20 01:28
Close proximity to others, not having symptoms or unknowingly shedding a large amount of a virus may make someone a 'super-spreader' like New York chef, Typhoid Mary (pictured right).
Australia will extend its China travel ban as the coronavirus crisis deepens - despite the move costing $1billion a week in lost tourism and blocking 100,000 students from attending uni
11/02/20 00:26
Health Minister Greg Hunt has warned its temporary ban for Chinese travellers will likely be extended as the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus outbreak surges towards 1000.
Tottenham's Dele Alli facing suspension by the FA after making joke about the coronavirus outbreak while appearing to mock an Asian man
10/02/20 23:45
The Tottenham and England midfielder, 23, is also set to be reprimanded by his club when he returns to training on Wednesday. Alli has issued two apologies for the inappropriate video.
Nine members of a Hong Kong family contracted coronavirus after a hotpot meal together as officials warn against 'gatherings' and utensil sharing
10/02/20 23:22
Nine out of 19 members of a family who ate a hotpot meal together at the end of January have been diagnosed with coronavirus, suggesting it can spread quickly through shared meals.
iPhone maker Foxconn resumes production at major plant in China after coronavirus shutdown - but delay is still predicted to see Apple's sales fall by 10 percent this quarter
10/02/20 22:14
iPhone maker Foxconn resumes production at its plant in Zhengzhou, but has yet to receive approval for its Shenzhen factory. The factories make up the bulk the firm's assembly lines for the handsets.
'If we are at risk we MUST be told': Locals in coronavirus-hit Brighton say they are being kept in the dark 'by government trying to limit panic' as it emerges TWO of UK's eight cases are 'healthcare workers' linked to 'super-spreader businessman'
10/02/20 21:53
County Oak medical centre in Brighton has been shut down, sealed off and is being cleaned by a team in hazmat suits this afternoon 'because of an urgent operational health and safety reason'.
Private school with £10,500 a year fees closes for a deep clean after a family with two children there are put into isolation with 'symptoms of coronavirus' after visit to China
10/02/20 20:39
St Mary's Independent School in Southampton, Hampshire, which charges up to £10,500 a year, is currently on lockdown after the family were quarantined when they developed symptoms.
Coronavirus cases on Yokohama's quarantined cruise ship almost DOUBLE to 136, with 23 Americans now infected, as one passenger warns depression is setting in
10/02/20 18:38
The latest batch of test results on the Diamond Princess (pictured in Yokohama today) includes 11 Americans and 45 Japanese nationals who are confirmed to have the virus.
Pentagon opens 11 new coronavirus quarantine facilities as hospitals already at capacity with flu patients brace for a shortage of beds if the virus spreads in the US
10/02/20 18:04
Pentagon officials on Thursday announced 11 more quarantines near airports where Americans returning from China are being rerouted. Hospital administrators are bracing with 'surge capacity' plans.
Wuhan officials discover 1,499 critically ill coronavirus patients through door-to-door health checks after Beijing ordered the city to round up all potential sufferers
10/02/20 17:33
Wuhan officials have screen more than 10 million residents in the space of a few days after visiting 4.21 million households in 3,371 communities and villages.
Coronavirus's deadliest day yet: 97 people are killed in 24 hours in China, bringing global death toll to 910, smashing hopes that disease control measures were working
10/02/20 16:24
The death toll in mainland China rose by 97 on Sunday, taking the number of global fatalities to 910.
Death toll from killer coronavirus is 10 TIMES higher than average in China's Hubei province because thousands of patients with mild symptoms are not seeking help, scientists claim
10/02/20 16:23
Virologists tracking the outbreak say the case-fatality ratio is much higher in Hubei than elsewhere in China because only the most severe patients are coming forward to be treated.
Incubation period of new coronavirus can be as long as 24 DAYS instead of previously thought two weeks, study reveals
10/02/20 16:23
Analysis found that the average incubation period was three days - shorter than 5.2 days suggested in a previous paper - but the range of the a patient's incubation period could be from zero to 24 days.
Killer coronavirus outbreak's 40,000 cases may only be the 'tip of the iceberg', World Health Organization chief warns
10/02/20 16:22
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO, urged other countries to 'step up' preparations for outbreaks. It follows news of a 'super-spreader' businessman from Brighton
'Text YES if you have a fever': Barman at coronavirus-hit pub reveals he must 'self-isolate' in bedroom of his shared house for two weeks and reply to daily message if he shows signs of virus
10/02/20 16:15
EXCLUSIVE: One barman at The Grenadier in Hove has revealed they get mobile phone messages every morning asking them if they feel ill rather than a call or visit from a doctor.
Police 'wearing hazmat suits' will be able to HANDCUFF suspected coronavirus patients and force them back into quarantine: Tough new laws after a patient tried to 'BREAK OUT' from Arrowe Park and total UK infected DOUBLES to eight
10/02/20 15:58
The patient staying at Arrowe Park hospital on The Wirral told medics he was going to leave before completing 14 days of quarantine after his return from the Chinese city, MailOnline understands.
Unknown number of Texans are in 14-day 'self quarantine' after recently returning to the US from trips to China amid coronavirus outbreak
10/02/20 15:17
Officials in the city of San Antonio confirmed that an unspecified number of people in Bexar County were being confined to their homes for 14 days.
Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass refuses to apologize for deleted tweet saying the US should let coronavirus 'rampage through the ranks' of China's Communist Party
10/02/20 14:38
Bass got into a furious Twitter spat with the boss of Chinese newspaper the Global Times who had complained that American help was 'belated' and called him an 'ungrateful b*****d'.
American cruise passenger passes the time stuck in coronavirus quarantine by tweeting reviews of his food as he jokes the only pleas for help are 'for more coffee'
10/02/20 14:36
Matthew Smith, an American passenger aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan, tweets his meal reviews to pass the time in quarantine on the ship.
BREAKING NEWS: First American coronavirus death is confirmed as US citizen, 60, dies in China - as the number of people killed by the infection soars above 700, surpassing SARS death toll
10/02/20 14:35
The American national, 60, passed away Thursday from the virus in Wuhan, the US government has confirmed.
Arrowe Park quarantine guard claims patients are 'holding staff to RANSOM' by demanding private chefs and free alcohol or they will LEAVE - and says police stopped drunk detainee fleeing
10/02/20 14:34
Guards inside Arrowe Park hospital in the Wirral, currently home to 93 Britons who are being kept in isolation after arriving in the UK on January 31, say they have been 'getting whatever they want.'
China now has to fight coronavirus AND bird flu: 'Highly pathogenic' avian influenza hits two Chinese provinces near Hubei
10/02/20 14:14
Two strains of 'highly pathogenic' bird flu have broken out in two Chinese provinces near Hubei - the epicentre of the novel coronavirus - since the beginning of the month.
President Xi wears face mask and has his temperature checked as he visits hospital treating coronavirus patients
10/02/20 14:10
The Chinese president, who has largely kept out of the public eye since the outbreak began, had his temperature checked as he met doctors at a hospital in Beijing (pictured).
Does this satellite image show the scale of China's coronavirus cremations? Sulphur dioxide emissions which are produced when bodies are burned reach alarming levels in Wuhan
10/02/20 13:03
One map from Czech-based weather service Windy.com showed sulphur dioxide levels in Wuhan at a staggering 1,350 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) over the weekend.
Four Australians are among 65 NEW cases of coronavirus onboard the 'floating prison' Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in port
10/02/20 12:49
The new cases aboard the Diamond Princess are in addition to 70 cases previously announced aboard the luxury ship, bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 135.
Wuhan woman 'deliberately SPITS at her neighbours' doorknobs' as her building is ravaged by coronavirus
10/02/20 10:23
CCTV footage has caught the woman's suspicious behaviour in a Wuhan complex on Saturday. It remains unclear if she was infected with the new virus, which has killed at least 910 globally.
The one-man biohazard: How 'super-spreader' British businessman caught coronavirus at Singapore hotel then flew home via French ski resort and had pint at his local PUB... leaving up to seven infected and hundreds tested
10/02/20 10:21
A British 'super spreader' businessman is thought to have infected at least seven people with the coronavirus in a web of cases stretching across the UK, France and Spain.
Crisis plans to help UK cope with a No Deal Brexit are being revived to help tackle the impact of coronavirus on industry
10/02/20 08:51
Whitehall officials have been ordered to dust off crisis plans for a No Deal Brexit. There are concerns that Chinese cities and factories could be locked down for months, creating a shortage of goods.
How the coronavirus destroyed Margot Robbie's film Birds of Prey - as the superhero movie stumbles at the box office despite positive reviews
10/02/20 08:47
Warner Bros. has blamed China's coronavirus for the box office failure of Margot Robbie's latest film, Birds of Prey.
Tottenham and England star Dele Alli apologises for Snapchat video in which he made joke about the coronavirus outbreak while appearing to film an Asian man
10/02/20 08:31
Tottenham Hotspur's Dele Alli has apologised to fans for posting a video to Snapchat appearing to mock an Asian man in relation to the coronavirus outbreak.
British man claims he was turned away from Wuhan evacuation flight because he was too hot after wearing two jackets
10/02/20 08:28
Josh Skarratts, who lives in the Chinese city where the coronavirus first hit, was one of 200 people due to be on the flight which landed in Oxfordshire shortly before 7.30 this morning.
Can anyone save the walking pine cone? Prince William's favourite animal is being blamed for spreading the coronavirus, but with 300 caught daily and many sold as a delicacy for up to £11,000, pangolins are critically endangered
10/02/20 08:26
More than 300 pangolins are poached from the wild every day and make it the most trafficked animal. But the genome sequence of coronavirus in pangolins was a 99 per cent match to that of infected patients.
Qantas reveals the EXTREME measures it will take to make coronavirus evacuation planes safe for regular passengers to use again
10/02/20 04:30
The second evacuation plane landed in Darwin, Northern Territory, on Sunday with 266 'clinically well' passengers on board after a day-long stopover in Hong Kong.
Chinese coronavirus fears push Australian dollar to the lowest level since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago
10/02/20 01:21
The Australian dollar has plunged to the weakest level in 11 years as the worsening coronavirus outbreak spooks investors into worrying about what a slowdown in China will mean for Australia.
British father, 46, tests positive for coronavirus in Majorca as his wife and children are cleared - bringing total number of infected UK nationals to eight
10/02/20 01:06
A British father-of-two quarantined in a Majorca hospital has tested positive for coronavirus, health officials on the island have confirmed, bringing the total number of infected Britons to eight.
The Aussies left behind: More than 100 trapped in Wuhan including CHILDREN issue a desperate plea for a third evacuation flight out of coronavirus ground zero - as death toll climbs to 811
09/02/20 23:57
Up to 100 Australians still remain in the Chinese coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan after 266 'clinically well' evacuees arrived in Darwin on a chartered Qantas flight on Sunday.
New arrival Odion Ighalo in the clear for Manchester United's trip to face Club Brugge despite missing training camp over coronavirus alert
09/02/20 22:30
Odion Ighalo will be able to travel with Manchester United for their Europa League tie in Bruges next week despite having to miss the club's training camp in Marbella over the coronavirus alert.
Fourth coronavirus case in UK: New patient is treated in London after picking up virus in France
09/02/20 21:24
They are being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in Camden, north London, marking the first case of the killer infection in the capital.
KFC worker is 'diagnosed with coronavirus' as company shuts thousands of restaurants in China and introduces 'contactless' deliveries to combat spread of infection
09/02/20 19:40
A staff member a KFC restaurant in Xian, China, became infected with the coronavirus, according to local media. The patient worked with food preparation and on the desk serving customers.
Hero Chinese doctor who first warned of coronavirus outbreak before it killed him was warned by police: 'If you refuse to repent you will be punished'
09/02/20 17:50
Doctor Li Wenliang, 34, died on Friday but previously shared a picture of the note on his Weibo social media account revealing that Wuhan police had accused him of 'disrupting order'.
Two more coronavirus cases on quarantined cruise ship brings total number of sufferers to 64 including a British honeymooner
09/02/20 13:35
Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, was on board the Diamond Princess when it was quarantined in Yokohama. He has since been taken to hospital while wife Wendy remains on board.
Chinese takeaway shuts down while staff voluntarily self-quarantine after returning to UK from China amid coronavirus fears
09/02/20 10:51
Staff at Millfield Kitchens and Chinese Takeaway in Arbroath put themselves in quarantine voluntarily after returning from China, it is understood. There is no suggestion they have caught the coronavirus.
Hundreds of Australians evacuated from coronavirus ground zero finally arrive in Darwin ahead of two-week quarantine - and some locals aren't happy
09/02/20 10:34
Hundreds of Australians have been evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan in China and are now in quarantine, at a former workers village outside of Darwin.
Pictured: British family including nine-year-old at the heart of coronavirus outbreak in a French ski chalet after catching it from Brighton man who travelled there from Singapore
09/02/20 09:58
Bob Saynor, 48, and his nine-year-old son are being treated in hospital near Megeve, France, while his other two children are being held in isolation.
Chinese authorities use facial recognition cameras, AI and big data from world's most sophisticated mass surveillance system to track coronavirus victims
09/02/20 02:05
A man from Hangzhou, who was told to stay inside after his car was tracked from virus-hit Wenzhou, claimed he was caught on a facial recognition camera after leaving isolation early when he got bored.
Thailand's health minister says Western tourists should be kicked out of the country for not wearing facemasks during coronavirus scare
09/02/20 01:59
Anutin Charnvirakul's outburst came as Thailand faced steep losses over a drop in visitors from China. The death toll in China from the coronavirus has risen to 811.
Coronavirus death toll hits 811 as virus claims more lives than 2003 SARS outbreak - as Beijing starts rounding up sufferers and videos show hazmat suit-clad goons dragging people from their homes
09/02/20 01:43
A total of 774 died in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak between 2002 and 2003 - another coronavirus that jumped from animals to humans in China.
Number of coronavirus sufferers on quarantined cruise ship TREBLES to 61 as British honeymooner with virus is put in isolation
09/02/20 00:57
Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, was on board the Diamond Princess when it was quarantined in Yokohama. He has since been taken to hospital while wife Wendy remains on board.
Hong Kong Jockey Club imposes rigid restrictions for its race meetings as they face the threat of coronavirus
09/02/20 00:25
The Hong Kong Jockey Club have imposed further rigid restrictions for its next three meetings in the face of the threat of coronavirus.
Aussies stranded in Wuhan are rescued by Qantas as second jet departs China and heads back to an mining camp in Darwin for quarantine
08/02/20 23:55
A flight aimed at evacuating the Australian citizens and permanent residents from Wuhan to and old mining facility in Darwin has left China after it was delayed.
Lloyds Bank issues hand sanitiser gel to every member of staff in its 1,625 branches to combat coronavirus
08/02/20 23:21
Lloyds Bank will hand a bottle of gel to every member of staff in all of its 1,625 branches in the UK. The NHS doesn't know exactly how coronavirus spreads but it might be through cough droplets.
Chinese ambassador reveals Prince Andrew is STILL representing the Queen after delivering a message expressing her sympathy for coronavirus victims
08/02/20 23:13
Prince Andrew delivered a message to the Chinese government from his mother on Friday expressing sympathy for those affected by the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Brighton man who caught coronavirus at Singapore business conference infected FIVE British friends including a boy, 9, on stay in French ski chalet before returning home to UK
08/02/20 20:35
France's health minister Agnès Buzyn said today an unnamed UK passport holder had 'arrived on a flight from Singapore' and had passed it on to three other adults and a child in Haute-Savoie.
Brighton is hit by coronavirus panic as protective facemasks and hand sanitisers sell out after local man falls ill with the disease
08/02/20 20:22
Pharmacists in Brighton have seen masks and sanitiser sell out after a man took himself to A&E at the Royal Sussex County Hospital last weekend suffering flu-like symptoms.
Coronavirus mass arrests: Eighty-six people die of virus in a DAY in China as Beijing starts rounding up sufferers and videos show hazmat suit-clad goons dragging people from their homes while death toll hits 724
08/02/20 18:12
One clip, thought to be taken in Wuhan, shows a man sprinting away from a group of officials. Some officials appear to be carrying large metal sticks as they run after him along nearly-deserted streets.
Coronavirus panic in Majorca: French holidaymaker is quarantined amid fears he has the virus and British family of four are tested
08/02/20 18:00
Four Brits have been admitted to hospital on the holiday island of Majorca after coming into contact with a coronavirus sufferer.
ANOTHER Coronavirus cruise ship docks: Vessel with 40 people from China that was turned away from Japan arrives in Taiwan
08/02/20 15:35
The SuperStar Aquarius had been on a four-day round-trip from Keelung, near Taipei, with 1,738 passengers on board. It is thought that more than 40 of them have visited China in the past 30 days.
Odion Ighalo will NOT travel to Manchester United's winter training camp in Marbella due to fears he will not be allowed back into the UK because of Coronavirus threat
08/02/20 13:39
Odion Ighalo will not be joining his Manchester United team-mates at their Marbella training camp over fears he won't be allowed back in the country as a result of travel restrictions.
Is coronavirus ten times WORSE than feared? Leading scientist warns that only 10 per cent of cases are being identified by tests as virus spreads across the globe
08/02/20 11:07
John Edmunds, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said modelling showed there were 'ten times more cases than have been reported - or even more'.
Abandoned at sea: Australian couple are stranded on ANOTHER coronavirus cruise after an infected passenger fell ill on Holland America vessel - as they say 'no country will take us'
08/02/20 10:55
David and Judy Holst, from South Australia, are aboard a Holland America vessel currently circling around in the ocean east of Taiwan.
Bali is transformed from a tourist Mecca to a ghost town as Chinese tourists are banned because of the spread of coronavirus
08/02/20 09:35
The shocking images coming out of the Indonesian island accompany stories of struggling businesses that have been forced to cut staff.
In sickness and in health: Thousands of couples - many wearing face masks - marry at mass church service in South Korea, despite fears over spreading coronavirus
08/02/20 08:30
Thousands of couples - some in facemasks - tied the knot in a mass Unification Church wedding Friday, despite concerns in South Korea over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
Australian child falls ill while being held in quarantine on Christmas Island amid fears she could have deadly coronavirus
08/02/20 06:05
The youngster is now being tested for the deadly disease after developing flu-like symptoms.
Harvey Norman is accused of racism over sign telling people their mattresses don't have coronavirus because they are made in Australia
08/02/20 06:01
Victorian man Michael Ryan saw the sign outside the Albury store on Saturday before uploading it to Twitter.
Plane set to fly hundreds of Australians home from coronavirus-stricken Wuhan is delayed after Chinese officials refuse permission for it to take off
08/02/20 05:27
Passengers were already at Wuhan's airport when the decision was made, leaving them stranded in the epicentre of the deadly disease.
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