カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Thousands of overseas workers are marooned by the country’s strict curbs without pay amid warning of ‘unprecedented welfare crisis’Coronavirus updatesThousands of migrants are stranded in the resort capital of Queenstown, unable to get home and unable …
Volunteers in Wellington tap micro-grant scheme to ensure vulnerable people are not left left without essentialsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Lauryn Miller was forced to stay at home during New Zealand’s stringent Cov…
Recent arrests and posturing signal a turbulent future amid calls from Beijing for national security legislation to be expedited“Thus we left Hong Kong to her fate and the hope that Martin Lee, the leader of the Democrats, would not be arrested,” wrote…
Communist-run Kerala has been successfully tackling Covid-19 thanks to a strong health service and clear communicationIn early March the alarm bells hadn’t started ringing yet in India: a country with only six confirmed Covid-19 cases, three of them in…
President of world’s biggest Muslim-majority country takes action after survey showed millions still planned to travelIndonesia has banned an annual homecoming in which tens of millions of people travel to see their families for Eid-al-Fitr, fearing th…
National party leader Simon Bridges scraps political truce, telling PM extending lockdown does more harm than lifting it Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJacinda Ardern’s political opponents have condemned her decision to kee…
President to sign temporary executive order ‘in light of attack from Invisible Enemy’; Oktoberfest cancelled; US oil market collapses into negative prices; global cases near 2.5 millionUS oil prices dip below zero for first time on recordWHO warns few …
Move raises questions about governor’s need to circumvent the federal government to obtain critical suppliesCoronavirus – latest US updatesCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMaryland has obtained 500,000 tests from South…
Pulling together in a time of crisis, where the burden falls so unevenly, is just what will help us to rebuild in a post-Covid-19 worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI feel like a New Zealand patriot.I’m hardly a nationalis…
Jacinda Ardern says: ‘We have done what very few countries have been able to do. We have stopped a wave of devastation’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealanders will remain in total lockdown for another week, prime mini…
Trump says ‘some governors have gone too far’; deaths in Italy and Spain fall; China reports no new deaths and 12 new casesTrump plays misleading clips of ‘support’ from Cuomo at briefingNew Zealand plans to ease coronavirus lockdown in a weekUK corona…
Residents are looking for an explanation from the government about its handling of coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn early January, Hu Aizhen, 65, heard that a new coronavirus had emerged in her home city, Wuhan….
Germany and New Zealand also relaxing controls while protests continue in Brazil and US Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany, Israel, South Korea and several other countries plan to ease coronavirus lockdowns this week as…
Wang Quanzhang’s wife fears Covid-19 may be used as pretext to keep him under house arrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA prominent Chinese human rights lawyer barred from returning home after his prison release two weeks …