カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Regional travel will be allowed under level 2 restrictions but the nation’s borders will remain closed for a ‘long time’, PM warnsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealanders will begin easing back to normality this week a…
Cases rise in Shulan, near the Russian border, and in Wuhan, where stringent lockdown measures had been eased in recent weeksCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn untraced coronavirus outbreak in a Chinese city near the Russian…
Global infections surpass 4m; cluster detected in Dordogne, new cases highlight risks as lockdowns easedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew coronavirus infections rose again in Germany at the end of last week, a few days aft…
Twenty-six of the new coronavirus cases were domestically transmitted, including 14 in SeoulCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has reported 34 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily number in a month, after a smal…
Belarus defies coronavirus concerns with VE Day parade, mayor of Milan issues warning, while football returns … in the Faroe IslandsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs coronavirus infections approached 4 million worldwide, …
Senior health official says virus exposed ‘weak links’ in way country manages epidemicsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavi…
Monetary fund warns the US and China against continuing trade war, saying it could damage coronavirus recoveryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe head of the International Monetary Fund has signalled a possible downward revi…
Mike Pence’s press secretary tests positive to coronavirus; China reports one new case; Russia reports 10,000 new cases for sixth day in a rowCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump has said coronavirus will “go away wi…
Trump buries CDC guidelines for reopening businesses; Russian cases overtake Germany and France; international tourism to plunge by 80%. Follow the latest updatesCovid-19 puts Putin’s power plans on hold and economy in perilOne of Trump’s personal vale…
Beijing claims appear at odds with WHO saying requests were yet to be accepted; global deaths near 270,000; Australia’s three-steps out of lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has said it is “always open to cooperat…
Washington street would be rechristened ‘Li Wenliang Plaza’ in honour of medic punished for sounding alarm over dangers of coronavirusCoronavirus latest updatesUS lawmakers have proposed renaming the street in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington…
Mechanism will stop short of US and Australian appeals for full international inquiryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe European Union is to put forward proposals for a mechanism to learn from the coronavirus pandemic at th…
International tourism to plunge 80%; deaths in Europe exceed 150,000 as UN warns of multiple famine risk; White House says US-China relationship one of ‘disappointment’Qatar migrant workers beg for food as Covid-19 infections riseGlobal report: Trump s…
The spread of Covid-19 in India has been catastrophic for millions of its poorest and marginalised residents who are bearing the brunt of the world’s biggest shutdown. Hannah Ellis-Peterson tells us how coronavirus and the lockdown is further dividing …
Beijing escalates rhetoric as it is accused of using coronavirus as cover to ‘turn screws’Beijing’s top political office in Hong Kong has called protesters a “political virus” and said the semi-autonomous city will never be calm until “poisonous” and “…