カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Australia and NZ were once both heralded as coronavirus success stories, but Victorian outbreak has sparked anxiety across the TasmanCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWeeks ago they were praised globally as two countries actin…
US cases hit 1.87 million last month, or double the previous record; WHO says pandemic continues to accelerate; Melbourne wakes to strict lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJuly was the worst month of the coronavirus pa…
Health officials to perform coronavirus testing, the first time a mainland team has been part of city’s pandemic responseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSeven Chinese health officials arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday, the firs…
Bollywood star idolised in India discharged three weeks after contracting ‘mild’ symptomsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has been discharged from hospital, three weeks after being admitted…
Many countries that believed they were past the worst are grappling with new outbreaks, says WHOCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMexico has recorded more than 9,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, as the country o…
What have resurgences around the world taught us about how local clusters emerge?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is not always possible to pinpoint the origin of a local spike in cases, particularly in countries like the …
Filipino medics plead for lockdown as health system teeters; US suffers deadliest month; South Korea arrest sect leaderU-turns and chaos: a terrible week for Boris JohnsonCoronavirus latest updatesSenior doctors in the Philippines have pleaded with the…
Lee Man-hee’s Shincheonji Church of Jesus was at the centre of an outbreak but police say he hid details on members and their movementsCalifornia sees record number of deaths on four separate days South Korean authorities have arrested the founder of a…
Xinjiang records 112 local transmissions; UN says millions could be forced into poverty in south-east Asia; Indonesia extends restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has recorded its highest daily total of new Covi…
Coronavirus live news: Tokyo sees new daily record cases; numbers climb in France, Spain and Germany
Vietnam reports biggest jump in cases; Brazil’s Bolsonaro treated for infection; WHO says ‘young people’ behind some spikesLockdown tightened in parts of northern EnglandUS economy suffers worst quarter since the second world war French and Spanish cas…
Spain tops 1,000 cases for second day in row; US Republican Herman Cain dies of disease; Brazil’s first lady tests positive Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrance has recorded its highest daily increase in new Covid-19 infec…
Move to control spread of coronavirus abandoned after widespread public angerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong’s government has reversed a day-old ban on restaurants serving dine-in customers that was introduced to c…
Fewer than 100 of StubHub’s 650 staff are understood to be facing redundancyTicket resale company StubHub is to close or shrink offices around the world as it reels from the pandemic, which has shut down concert venues and theatres and forced sports ev…
State of Victoria reports 723 new cases and 13 deaths; US deaths pass 150,000; Japan lifts ban on re-entry or some foreign residentsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAustralia has reported a record rise in coronavirus infectio…
Kadar Shaikh was shocked by price of his treatment at private clinic, so he turned his offices into a facility offering free treatmentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn Indian businessman who recovered from coronavirus has c…