Listed here are 5 stuff you want to know in regards to the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday morning. We’ll have one other replace for you on Friday morning.
1. Portugal added to Wales’ quarantine list – however not England’s
Portugal just isn’t being added to England’s quarantine list, however it should go on Wales’ list, alongside six Greek islands. Britons within the widespread vacation vacation spot had been anxiously awaiting a call, as circumstances within the nation have risen up to now week past the brink at which ministers typically think about imposing 14-day obligatory self-isolation. It is the primary time Wales has utilized its personal quarantine guidelines, slightly than observe Westminster’s lead. Scotland has independently reintroduced isolation for arrivals from Greece.
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2. Youngsters check constructive after Crete journey
Eight teenage boys, who travelled to the UK from Crete, have examined constructive for coronavirus. On their flight house, there have been 212 individuals on the Wizz Air airplane which landed at Luton Airport on 25 August. The Division of Well being says it’s advising these affected to self-isolate. Throughout their journey, the youngsters, from Winchester, Hampshire, made pals with a bunch from Estonia, who later informed them they’d examined constructive as soon as again house.
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3. Upset abdomen ‘may very well be signal for youngsters’
If kids have diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach cramps that may very well be an indication they’ve coronavirus, in accordance to researchers from Queen’s College Belfast. The workforce says it may very well be value including these to the guidelines of signs. Presently, the one formally recognised signs within the UK are fever, cough and lack of odor or style. The US Centres for Illness Management already lists nausea or vomiting and diarrhoea amongst attainable signs.
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Rachel Murray, seven, took half within the trial
4. Coronavirus ‘spreading once more in Scotland’
Nicola Sturgeon has warned that the virus is spreading once more in Scotland and the transmission price elevated barely over the previous week. Doing nothing to cease the unfold was not an choice, she mentioned. The primary minister defended restrictions imposed within the Glasgow space. An extra 101 circumstances have been confirmed in Scotland, 53 of that are within the Higher Glasgow and Clyde well being board space.
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Ms Sturgeon mentioned the latest rise in circumstances ought to be a wake-up name for the nation
5. London Marathon route revealed
The postponed London Marathon goes to look very completely different this 12 months. Not solely is the occasion, on Four October, restricted to elite athletes however its route has additionally been modified. The 26.2-mile course normally takes in Greenwich, Bermondsey and Canary Wharf earlier than heading to central London and ending on The Mall, outdoors Buckingham Palace. This 12 months runners will do a closed-loop circuit round St James’s Park.
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