カテゴリー: Coronavirus
Knightsbridge Circle offer is first evidence of Covid-19 vaccine being used to attract touristsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s Sinopharm vaccine is being offered to a handful of wealthy people paying for access to th…
The team led by Peter Ben Embarek entered the heavily guarded building saying they were looking forward to a ‘productive day’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA team of investigators from the World Health Organization has visi…
Initial batches expected to arrive by end of March, with frontline workers and those most at risk to go firstThe Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been provisionally approved for use in New Zealand, where the government will begin vaccinating frontline healt…
China lodged a complaint after images of the garment circulated online, showing the word ‘Wuhan’ on top of the group’s stylised ‘W’Canada has said it regrets a “misunderstanding” after a diplomat ordered a custom T-shirt showing the word “Wuhan” over t…
Prioritising Māori for the vaccine would be a concrete sign the government is committed to improving our healthA Māori doctor on the government’s immunisation implementation advisory group, Dr Rawiri Jansen, said recently that Māori would be prioritise…
Authorities revoke £2,600 penalty after it emerges debt collectors had abducted him from self-isolationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Taiwanese man penalised for breaching Covid quarantine regulations has had his fine rev…
Market is landmark in Chinese city traumatised as epicentre of what became the pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have visited Hua…
Countries have adopted different rules on business activity, education, socialising and travelCurfews and lockdowns Restrictions have largely been relaxed in most of Brazil’s 26 states, although several continue to limit opening hours for bars, restaur…
Book extract: A lot of things will change as a result of this pandemic and it’s clear the recovery won’t be marked by a discrete eventIn 1844, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote: “Whoever has learnt to be anxious in the right way, has learnt th…
World Health Organization experts conduct on-the-ground research into origins of pandemic in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has visited a hospital in Wuhan, Ch…
Swimming pools, cinemas and theatres to be allowed to operate at full capacity from 1 FebruaryIndia’s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, has claimed it has “successfully contained the pandemic” and “flattened its Covid-19 graph” as the country of 1.34 bil…
Mission is politically charged as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in outbreak responseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has emerged from quarantine in …
Citizens from US, Britain, Switzerland and Denmark face charges for attending event police say was illegal under emergency lawsPolice have raided a party at a bar on a popular resort island in southern Thailand and arrested 89 foreigners for violating …
Countries trying to eliminate the virus have been far more successful and economically better off than those that have tried to suppress itCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe past year of Covid-19 has taught us that it is th…
Joe Biden’s administration demands ‘robust and clear’ investigation as WHO team visits WuhanThe US wants a “robust and clear” international probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic in China, the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, has said.S…