カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
The city’s bars, clubs and even massage parlours are beginning to buzz again but the absence of tourists is taking its tollCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA mix of K-pop, sweet Thai love ballads and 90s music reverberates al…
Unable to expand testing or hospital capacity, Narendra Modi’s administration has turned to bluster and brute force The response to the spread of coronavirus that most Indians are talking about this week is not an innovation in contact tracing or a big…
UN health body says it found out about the outbreak itself, not via Chinese officials; US cases increase 53,000 on Friday; English pubs reopenCoronavirus latest updatesAuthorities in Melbourne have ordered 3,000 people to stay in their tower block home…
Droves of travellers drawn to the southern alps resort to work in restaurants and hotels face hardship amid Covid-19 border closuresCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwo months after the end of lockdown and the resort hub of Q…
Caixin/Markit PMI continues to recover from February trough when coronavirus lockdown was most severe Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage China’s stock market has closed at its highest level in five years after the latest data …
US surpasses 40,000 daily cases four times in a week; Brazil nears 1.5 million infections; UN warns on mass bankruptcies in Latin AmericaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe past week has seen the United States break its own …
Fears over Covid-19 have seen pregnant women turned away from hospitals, leading to the death of at least one baby, as national army barracks go into lockdownA leading Papua New Guinean obstetrician has advised women in that country not to fall pregnan…
African Union says tourism revenues down $55bn; Indonesia reports biggest daily increase in casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has said it does not believe African countries are harbouring a s…
Spain and Portugal reopen border as global tourism industry predicted to lose up to £2.6tnCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first tourist flights in four months landed on the Greek island of Crete, and Spain and Portugal r…
Nation living with ‘reduced visibility’ of what will happen in the coming months and a growing sense of isolationWhen Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders to stand firm behind her government’s decision to keep the country’s borders tightly closed agains…
Hot weather is making mask wearing increasingly uncomfortable, prompting some people to refuse face coverings in defiance of government adviceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe onset of summer has sparked a rise in incident…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
LA closes beaches and businesses as hospitals fill up while Bavaria announces ‘test offensive’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCalifornia has reported record new infections following its reopening as Los Angeles county ordere…
A coordinated response to the crisis in the Americas, India and Africa must be led by countries that have suppressed the virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt took more than three months for the world to record 1 million c…
Older patients turned away or left untreated, while domestic abuse is also rising, leading charity reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Souzi Bondeko’s grandfather started showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was struggli…