The global release of the new James Bond film 'No Time to Die' has been postponed for seven months amid the coronavirus disruption that has closed cinemas in China and caused widespread headaches for other Hollywood productions.
Italy has taken the unprecedented step of closing all schools and universities in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far killed 107 people and infected more than 3,000 in Europe's worst outbreak.
I'm stuck in Italy with 3,090 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 107 dead, 276 recovered. Stuck? Lucky you, they say. But no. An enforced absence when there are work deadlines to be met, cats to be minded, mouths to be fed is not ideal.
The faster spread of the coronavirus will wipe out any hope of stronger growth in 2020, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said yesterday, adding that a third of the Fund's 189 member countries were now affected.
Shares in Hostelworld slumped by as much as 16pc yesterday after the Irish accommodation booking platform warned that coronavirus could pare its revenues by €4m.
A number of juvenile GAA fixtures due to take place this weekend have been postponed as a result of the coronavirus case in a Dublin school.
Covid-19 has become a massive organisational, economic and political challenge as the virus spreads through Europe. With just a couple of cases on the island of Ireland, the next two weeks will provide a lot more clarity on where this is going.
