カテゴリー: Coronavirus
Festivities upended by pandemic as fears rise smog may worsen crisisMore than one billion Indians celebrated Diwali on Saturday amid twin concerns of a resurgence in coronavirus infections and rising air pollution that is enveloping the country’s north…
People encouraged to stay at home for Hindu festival with Delhi particularly affectedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDiwali celebrations in India have taken a more sombre tone this year, as the double spectres of the pandemi…
Student who tested positive on Thursday was genomically linked to defence cluster, but city may reintroduce masks on public transport next weekNew Zealand will stay at alert level one but mandatory mask-wearing on public transport in Auckland and on fl…
Workers in centre of city are asked to work from home on Friday after student with no obvious links to areas of risk, tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealth authorities in New Zealand are partially shutting do…
Schools, bars and cinemas in Phnom Penh locked down as cases reported after trade tripCambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen, has gone into quarantine and the country has locked down schools, bars and cinemas in the capital, Phnom Penh, and a surrounding p…
Indian capital records highest single day rise in cases as monitor says pollution is at 14 times WHO safe level Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDelhi’s 20 million residents are facing a double health crisis as high levels of…
Heavily subsidised domestic tourism campaign and colder weather being blamed for rise in casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOfficials in Japan have warned of an impending third wave of coronavirus infections amid a rise in…
How do you learn from home without a laptop? Teachers are getting creative, but the pandemic remains a vast challengeVemula Deena lives in one of the tin huts strung along a narrow lane in the heart of Vijayawada, the business capital of Andhra Pradesh…
Critics say halt in testing of Covid vaccine CoronaVac is politically motivatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has sparked outrage by gloating over the suspension of clinical trials o…
The pandemic has pushed millions of urban poor into crisis – and left children struggling to help their families surviveSubhan Shaikh used to start the day with a cup of cinnamon-flavoured tea, brought to him by his mother, Sitara, before he got ready …
Experts to travel to Cook Islands this weekend to assess travel to Covid-free country that’s heavily dependent on tourismCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand is inching closer towards establishing its first travel bub…
US close to 10m cases, with India second on 8.5m cases, followed by Brazil and RussiaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe number of coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 50 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University …
Population of crustaceans at one national park has exploded amid drop in tourist numbersHermit crab numbers in southern Thailand have boomed as foreign tourists have stayed away – so much so that the national park authority are appealing for the public…
People from Belgium and Philippines are also barred in ‘temporary measure taken in response to the pandemic’China has barred non-Chinese travellers from the UK, Belgium and the Philippines, imposing new border restrictions in response to the worsening …
Young people worst affected with almost half of those aged 18-24 reporting moderate to severe distressCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe wellbeing of New Zealanders plummeted during the country’s nationwide lockdown, resear…