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RSS FeedsPlans to shut schools and curb travel in UK if coronavirus spreads
(The Guardian Austria)

 
 

26 february 2020 19:53:29

 
Plans to shut schools and curb travel in UK if coronavirus spreads
(The Guardian Austria)
 


Virus appears in new cases across Europe as UK prepares contingency plansCoronavirus - live updatesSchools could close and travel around the UK could be restricted under stepped-up government plans to deal with the coronavirus as its spread accelerates across Europe.Four countries registered new cases on Tuesday, while the death toll rose in Italy, which is struggling to contain the outbreak.The virus appeared in more European countries, with confirmed cases reported in Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Croatia.Nearly £100bn was wiped off the value of Britain´s biggest companies in 48 hours, with the FTSE 100 index closing at its lowest level in a year, reducing the value of Britain´s blue-chip companies by about £35bn.British tourists were among 1,000 holidaymakers and workers quarantined in a hotel in Tenerife after an Italian doctor and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. Austria also placed an Innsbruck hotel under lockdown when an Italian receptionist was found to have contracted the virus.The Irish Rugby Football Union called for an urgent meeting with the country´s health minister after he called for the Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and Italy to be postponed because of the risk posed by Covid-19.The government banned the `parallel export` of two drugs - one for treating HIV, the other a malaria medication - that are being tested as potential treatments for the virus. Parallel exporting is when firms buy medicines for the UK and resell them for a higher price abroad. Continue reading...


 
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