Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

**Airicist** · 17th March 2020, 06:29

Article "As the coronavirus pandemic grows, gun sales are surging in many states"

by Kurtis Lee, Anita Chabria
March 16, 2020

**Airicist** · 17th March 2020, 06:47

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson sets out "drastic action"

Mar 16, 2020

Boris Johnson has said people in the UK should avoid "non-essential" travel and contact with others to curb coronavirus.

The prime minister said people should work from home where possible as part of a range of stringent new measures.

Pregnant women, people over the age of 70 and those with certain health conditions should consider the advice "particularly important", he said.

People in at-risk groups will be asked within days to stay home for 12 weeks.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons "the disease is now accelerating".

In the first of a series of daily briefings on the virus, which causes the Covid-19 disease, Mr Johnson said "drastic action" was needed as the UK approaches "the fast growth part of the upward curve" in the number of cases.

Mr Johnson said that by next weekend, those with the most serious health conditions must be "largely shielded from social contact for around 12 weeks".

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The prime minister will host Monday's press conference with UK chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, and Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK's chief scientific adviser

Boris Johnson will outline the next steps in the UK's plan to fight coronavirus at the first of a series of daily news conferences.

The briefing will follow a Cobra meeting which is expected to look at what steps the government could take to protect elderly and vulnerable people.

The over-70s have been told they are allowed to go out for walks when their period of staying at home begins.

**Airicist** · 17th March 2020, 06:48

What are kids' most important questions about coronavirus?

Mar 16, 2020

Victoria Derbyshire tackles kids questions about coronavirus, what to do and how to prevent it.

**Airicist** · 17th March 2020, 07:00

How can we control the coronavirus pandemic? | Adam Kucharski

Mar 16, 2020

As the threat of COVID-19 continues, infectious disease expert Adam Kucharski answers five key questions about the novel coronavirus, providing necessary perspective on its transmission, how governments have responded and what might need to change about our social behavior to end the pandemic.

**Airicist** · 17th March 2020, 07:06

Continuing research in the face of COVID-19 and coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

Because of travel restrictions and other precautions for and reactions to COVID-19 and the coronavirus, University of Michigan researchers are moving fast to shift an NSF-funded workshop in Russia about climate research to a remote tele-workshop.

The workshop was being organized by Tyeen Taylor, a civil and environmental engineering research fellow at U-M, and Valeriy Ivanov, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. Taylor is leading the transition of making the international workshop digital, which includes creating a schedule of online presentations and remote breakout meetings that also consider the different time zones of the global attendees.

**Airicist** · 17th March 2020, 07:09

FIFA and WHO launch five key tactics to tackle coronavirus

Mar 16, 2020

FIFA has reiterated its support to the World Health Organization (WHO) in fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching an awareness campaign led by six world-renowned coaches, who request everyone across the world to follow five key tactics that tackle the spread of the disease.

With tactics playing such a key role in football success, the coaches are united behind the five-step game plan to defeat the virus – hands, elbow, face, distance and feel – in line with the WHO’s basic protective measures against COVID-19.