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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…
Read MoreMission 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 …
Read MoreCitizens 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 …
Read MoreCountries 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…
Read MoreJoe 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…
Read MoreWith a vaccine-hesitant public and jabs yet to begin, there are fears immunisations are off the paceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan was among the first countries to report cases of Covid-19 after the world was alerted …
Read MoreMethod can increase detection rate among infected people, senior Beijing doctor tells state TV Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers to be at high risk of contracting Cov…
Read MoreZhang Hai has been organising relatives to demand accountability from Chinese authoritiesA relative of a coronavirus victim in China is demanding to meet a visiting World Health Organization team, saying it should speak to affected families who say the…
Read MoreZhang Hai among those to tell of crackdown before WHO team begins investigation into pandemic’s originsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRelatives of Wuhan’s coronavirus dead have said Chinese authorities deleted their social …
Read MoreIan Samson, originally from Edinburgh, describes his experience of Hong Kong’s strict isolation rules for travellersI have a pile of 20 bananas in my hotel room here in Hong Kong, a spin bike I’ve had delivered and some rapidly dying flowers that the h…
Read MoreJacinda Ardern says New Zealand can return to ‘normal’ only when the rest of the world does tooCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJacinda Ardern has said New Zealand and “the world” need to return to some semblance of normality…
Read MoreMedic at heart of original outbreak tells BBC documentary staff were not allowed to wear masks despite concern about human transmissionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA doctor from the Wuhan hospital hit hardest by the Covid…
Read MoreGreen zone travel arrangements suspended for 72 hours after woman tested positive after leaving Auckland quarantine hotelAustralia has suspended its travel bubble with New Zealand for three days after a confirmed case of a highly transmissible Covid-19…
Read MoreItaly threatens legal action against Pfizer over vaccine supply; Israel to close all airports to most flightsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe French government has said a third national lockdown may be inevitable if borde…
Read MoreWoman was released from managed isolation on 13 January following two negative tests and visited 30 locations in NorthlandCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA 56-year-old woman has tested positive for Covid-19 in New Zealand, a…
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