カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Open letter urges health workers to go to China, saying resources there are stretchedCoronavirus – live updatesTwo nurses in Wuhan have published an open letter pleading for health workers from around the world to come to China to help fight the corona…
What are the symptoms caused by the Covid-19 virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread from person to person, and when should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionCoronavirus spreads further …
More cases in South Korea while first suspected infection is recorded in Latin America Latest developmentsCoronavirus has spread further around the world as a World Health Organisation expert warned that countries outside China are “simply not ready” f…
Lone Kabul laboratory preparing to treat patients in the midst of political turmoil and tentative peace talks, as border with Iran closedCoronavirus – latest updatesPreparations for an outbreak of coronavirus were underway in Afghanistan as the country…
Anger after five or six-year-old boy was discovered in Hubei during checks by community workersLatest updates: world ‘not ready’ for coronavirus pandemicA young boy in Hubei province has witnessed his grandfather die and remained at home alone afterwar…
The University of Melbourne will reimburse students’ flight, accommodation and remote study expensesAn Australian university is offering up to $7,500 in grants to students stranded in China due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus.The University of Mel…
Nation brings in ‘maximum measures’ to contain outbreak at secretive church Covid-19 coverage: live updates South Korea has stepped up its “maximum measures” to contain the coronavirus with plans to test around 200,000 members of a secretive church bel…
Concerns mount that the spread of Covid-19 cannot be stopped as stock markets fall amid investor fears. Follow latest newsCoronavirus outbreak is pandemic ‘in all but name’, says expert Stocks fall as virus fears hit global marketsIran denies cover-up …
A queue of hundreds of people wanting to buy face masks from a supermarket stretched round several streets in Daegu on Monday.Customers queued outside one of Daegu’s E-mart stores, which began to sell face masks at half price in the city, according to …
Tehran rejects claim death toll is more than four times higher than official figures suggestCoronavirus latest – live updatesThe Iranian government has denied trying to cover up the full extent of the coronavirus outbreak after reports suggested the de…
New date for annual meeting in Beijing will be announced later, as cases outside China jumpCoronavirus – live updatesChina has delayed its annual parliamentary meeting as authorities struggle to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which has spread to mor…
Health minister says 12 people have died and 66 been infectedIran denies cover-up after reports of 50 deathsChina postpones National People’s CongressStock markets slide amid fears spread could hit growthShare your experiences 11.48am GMT Iran’s govern…
Turkey and Pakistan close borders with Iran after eight deaths, while in northern Italy towns are on lockdown after jump in cases 6.18pm GMT Here’s Angela Giuffrida, Patrick Wintour and Sam Jones’s roundup of today’s coronavirus developments across the…
Health minister apologises after 23 passengers left the ship without being properly testedCoronavirus outbreak – live updatesJapan has confirmed that a woman who tested negative and left the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship later tested pos…
Authorities are caught between urgent need to restart economy and efforts to contain virusCoronavirus outbreak – live updatesThe Chinese authorities are trying to usher the country back to work, a month after announcing the unprecedented quarantine of …