A novel coronavirus (CoV) is a new strain of coronavirus. The disease caused by the novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China, has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – ‘CO’ stands for corona, ‘VI’ for virus, and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV.’ The COVID-19 virus is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and some...

Nadine Dorries, Junior Minister for Health in the UK has confirmed in a statement that she has tested positive to  COVID-19. This is coming days after she attended an International Women’s Day event last Thursday, where the Prime Minister and hundreds of people in the Parliament were present. Reports say she had close contact with hundreds of people at the meeting. She was reported to have fallen ill last Friday. It is not clear who...