Coronavirus live updates: third death in Australia as Italy prepares to seal off Lombardy https://ift.tt/2VSR4kB Helen Davidson (now) and Calla Wahlquist (earlier) Quarantine hotel in China collapses, trapping dozens, and Italy prepares to seal of northern region home to 10 million people US deaths rise to 19 as New York declares state of emergency Coronavirus quarantine hotel in China collapses, trapping dozens Thousands held on cruise ship off US west coast as scientists say: ‘This is now a pandemic’ ‘If I catch the coronavirus I’m screwed. Gig economy workers can’t afford to be ill’ 12.06am GMT Police in New South Wales have charged two women over an altercation at a supermarket at Chullora in Sydney yesterday. The women allegedly fought over some of the supermarket’s dwindling supplies of toilet paper. Toilet paper has been selling out across Australia in a wave of panic buying over coronavirus. Stocks of dried pasta, hand soap, and over-the-counter painkillers are also rapidly selling out. Just after 7am (Saturday 7 March 2020), police were called to a Chullora supermarket following reports of an altercation in an aisle over toilet paper. Staff intervened, separating the women and police were notified. 12.00am GMT We are only just starting to see the scale of the economic effect that the coronavirus will have on the tourism industry. Aaron Smith filed this report on what is happening on the ground in Cairns, a Queensland town that relies heavily on international tourism, particularly Chinese tourists. One travel agent told him: Without a doubt everyone is feeling the pinch of the coronavirus, 100%. I don’t have any figures but just from conversations with people they are all suffering, a lot of suppliers are having problems. You just have to look at the number of specials businesses are offering at the moment. That tells you straightaway numbers are down and that people are struggling ... A lot of the hotels here are doing it tough. I know of one large hotel that is running at under 10% occupancy. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J March 08, 2020 at 02:18AM

Quarantine hotel in China collapses, trapping dozens, and Italy prepares to seal of northern region home to 10 million people

• US deaths rise to 19 as New York declares state of emergency
• Coronavirus quarantine hotel in China collapses, trapping dozens
• Thousands held on cruise ship off US west coast as scientists say: ‘This is now a pandemic’
• ‘If I catch the coronavirus I’m screwed. Gig economy workers can’t afford to be ill’

12.06am GMT

Police in New South Wales have charged two women over an altercation at a supermarket at Chullora in Sydney yesterday. The women allegedly fought over some of the supermarket’s dwindling supplies of toilet paper.

Toilet paper has been selling out across Australia in a wave of panic buying over coronavirus. Stocks of dried pasta, hand soap, and over-the-counter painkillers are also rapidly selling out.

Just after 7am (Saturday 7 March 2020), police were called to a Chullora supermarket following reports of an altercation in an aisle over toilet paper.

Staff intervened, separating the women and police were notified.

12.00am GMT

We are only just starting to see the scale of the economic effect that the coronavirus will have on the tourism industry. Aaron Smith filed this report on what is happening on the ground in Cairns, a Queensland town that relies heavily on international tourism, particularly Chinese tourists.

One travel agent told him:

Without a doubt everyone is feeling the pinch of the coronavirus, 100%. I don’t have any figures but just from conversations with people they are all suffering, a lot of suppliers are having problems.

You just have to look at the number of specials businesses are offering at the moment. That tells you straightaway numbers are down and that people are struggling ... A lot of the hotels here are doing it tough. I know of one large hotel that is running at under 10% occupancy.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2VSR4kB