Coronavirus: Russian court orders woman who fled quarantine back to hospital
(The Guardian Russia)

Alla Ilyina blogged about escape after being told she had to be quarantined despite testing negativeCoronavirus - latest updatesA St Petersburg court has ordered a Russian woman to be forcibly confined to hospital after she dramatically broke out of coronavirus quarantine and blogged about her escape.Alla Ilyina, 32, was escorted by bailiffs and medical staff back to the Botkin infectious diseases hospital, where she had been held under quarantine, before short-circuiting the electronic lock to her hospital door and sneaking past doctors to an elevator.What is the virus causing the illness that started Wuhan?The World Health Organization is recommending that people take simple precautions to reduce exposure to and transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus, for which there is no specific cure or vaccine. Continue reading...