80% of children in Italian hospital with rare inflammatory disorder tested positive for coronavirus

A new analysis suggests the rare inflammatory condition increasingly being seen in young children is in fact linked to the novel coronavirus. Researchers in Lombardy, Italy – the epicenter of the country’s outbreak – looked at 10 pediatric cases with symptoms such as a full body rash and swollen hands and feet. By comparison, over … Read more

Coronavirus started spreading among the British public BEFORE the first two people tested positive

The coronavirus started spreading in Britain before officials managed to scoop up the first two confirmed patients in York in January, a study has claimed. Researchers working in Brazil and Uruguay have studied the curves of COVID-19 outbreaks in countries around the world to try and work out their true start dates. The first two … Read more

Madonna, 61, claims that she has coronavirus antibodies after getting tested

Madonna, 61, posts bizarre video saying she’s ‘going for a drive to breathe in COVID-19 air’ because she already has coronavirus antibodies after getting tested By George Stark For Dailymail.com Published: 00:39 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 01:06 BST, 1 May 2020 Madonna has revealed that she already has coronavirus antibodies after getting herself … Read more

Is a red rash another symptom? How skin changes could identify people who should be tested for virus

A new, raised red rash and unexplained marks on the skin could be signs of Covid-19, experts have warned. Data from Italy indicates as many as one in five people hospitalised with Covid-19 may develop rashes or experience changes to the skin. In some cases, a rash could potentially be the first – or only … Read more

Italy tested more than a million people for coronavirus as it sees fall in its daily cases to 2,646

Deaths from coronavirus in Italy climbed by 464 today, but the daily tally of new infections declined to 2,646 from 3,370 on Wednesday. As many as 40 per cent of those new cases were in the hard-hit Lombardy region where the first domestically transmitted case was confirmed just over two months ago. Yesterday 437 new … Read more

A FIFTH of New York City residents tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in Cuomo’s study 

More than 20 percent of New York City residents tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study launched by Governor Cuomo which, if accurate, means as many as 1.7million people have been infected in the city – and that the mortality rate is between 0.6 and 0.8 percent, far greater than the 0.1 percent mortality rate … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Essential workers and families can be tested

All essential workers and their families will be able to get coronavirus tests from this Friday to see if they are infected with the virus. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today announced that swab testing will be expanded from just health workers into wider society. The same key workers whose children have been allowed to remain … Read more

MAFS’ Michael Goonan reveals why he was drug tested during filming

Married At First Sight’s Michael Goonan reveals why he was drug tested during filming – and says a producer told him he’d ‘RUINED the whole show’ because of his partying By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:48 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 04:53 BST, 20 April 2020 Michael Goonan was known for … Read more

Sean Penn, 59, gets tested for coronavirus after working on the frontlines

Sean Penn, 59, gets tested for coronavirus after working on the frontlines at drive-through site run by his non-profit By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 17:59 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 19:50 BST, 18 April 2020 Sean Penn was glimpsed getting tested for coronavirus with a nasal swab in Los Angeles this week. The 59-year-old movie … Read more

NHS staff tested for Covid-19 at Chessington, Brighton and Lincoln as Edinburgh testing centre empty

Coronavirus testing is underway at makeshift facilities in Chessington, Brighton, and Lincoln as NHS staff are swabbed by medical workers and the military. Dozens of vehicles were seen queueing at a test centre in the car park of the Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London today. Frontline medical workers and members of the Armed … Read more