カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Officials in Lopburi plan to sterilise the animals that have turned nasty after tourists’ bananas were replaced with junk foodResidents in Lopburi, Thailand, are hiding behind barricaded indoors as rival monkey gang fights create no-go zones for humans…
Dr Anthony Fauci warns of ‘disturbing surge’ in cases; China gets approval for human trial of vaccine; first death in Australia for a monthCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSeven US states have reported their highest coronavir…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
Pilgrimage to Islamic holy sites usually attracts 2.5m visitors; about 360,000 Germans face new restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSaudi Arabia has said only Muslims living in the country can take part in this year’…
Patients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs coronavirus chaos has enveloped Pakistan, with hospitals overflowing, doctors dying and infections es…
Japanese machine can perform more than 415 quadrillion computations a second and has already worked out how breath droplets spread A Japanese supercomputer that has been named the world’s fastest is using its extraordinary capacity to identify potentia…
Quarantined returnees must test negative to coronavirus before release and may be asked to pay for their isolation accomodationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand is introducing stricter measures to strengthen its bo…
WHO reports record daily increase in coronavirus cases; Beijing doubles its daily testing capacity to identify cluster-related casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has suspended imports of poultry products from a plant…
Fearful hotel workers asked to take on role of hospital support staff as cases in Delhi riseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at luxury hotels in Delhi are to start welcoming guests not with traditional garlands but with…
China halts imports from US food plant where 481 test positive for Covid-19; UK PM to unveil lockdown easing on Tuesday; Brazil deaths pass 50,000. Follow the latest updatesVisitors return to Spain as coronavirus state of emergency endsWHO reports reco…
New premier of the Pacific nation, Dalton Tagelagi, seeks to reopen island and ‘a return to the good old happy days’The two candidates for the seat of Mutalau, a village on Niue’s northern point, could not be separated. Both had the same number of vote…
One factory owner tells how coronavirus cancellations by UK brands have seen him struggle to pay wagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage As high streets across England opened this week and hundreds of people jostled through th…
Daily infections rise above 150,000, with nearly half the new cases in the AmericasCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, and the world has entered “a new and dangerous phase” in its spread…
Lockdown precipitated an exodus of day labourers and “wallahs” but as monsoon season breaks their loss is being feltAs the monsoon lashes Mumbai and black clouds darken the skyline, the city is in the grip of nostalgia for the men who used to keep dail…
Researchers working on more than 200 vaccines, says WHO; global deaths pass 450,000; Brazil nears 1m cases. Follow the latest updatesUS questions new China outbreak figuresBeijing outbreak may have started a month earlier than thoughtWHO eyes 2bn vacci…