カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Evacuations begin despite continued quarantine as Japan warns outbreak ‘entering new phase’Coronavirus – live updatesAnother 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus onboard the stricken Princess Diamond cruise ship docked in Japan, bringing the …
More than 200 people caught on Diamond Princess by the coronavirus outbreak will be taken to camp outside DarwinMore than 200 people stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan by the coronavirus outbreak will be flown to the Northern Territo…
Detention of prominent scholar Xu Zhiyong comes amid wider crackdown on freedom of speechThe Chinese authorities have detained a prominent activist and legal scholar who issued a blistering attack on president Xi Jinping for mishandling the coronavirus…
Hundreds of toilet rolls were seized by robbers outside a supermarket in Mong Kok as shortage begin to biteCoronavirus: latest updatesArmed robbers have stolen hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong, a city racked by shortages caused by coronavirus pani…
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as Japan warns outbreak ‘entering new phase’. Follow latest updatesRussian court orders woman who fled quarantine back to hospitalWhat is coronavirus and what should I do if I have symptoms?Tokyo marathon cancels mass…
The ban has prevent about 12,000 students from arriving for start of new year, cutting off a lucrative revenue streamNew Zealand universities have called on the government to exempt thousands of Chinese students from the travel ban sparked by the coron…
Of nearly 200 Australians on Diamond Princess, only those who are well will be evacuated, and those who test positive sent to Japanese hospitals The Australian government is working on a plan to evacuate its citizens off the stricken Diamond Princess c…
Malaysian minister questions precautions taken after passengers left MS WesterdamConcerns have been raised over the handling of passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship in Cambodia on Friday after one of them was confirmed to have the new coronavi…
Taxi driver with diabetes and hepatitis B is fifth fatality outside mainland ChinaA taxi driver has died from the coronavirus in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that has …
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as China announces death toll in country up to 1,665Hundreds of Americans have been flown out of Japan after leaving the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship on Sunday night, as a further 70 people onboard tested …
Changes to Japanese procedure could mean two more weeks on the Diamond PrincessBritons could face two more weeks trapped onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship as Japan updates its quarantine procedure in a bid to halt the rapid spread of coronavirus…
Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 1600,…
Australians evacuated from Wuhan will board three chartered flights on MondayThe first cohort of Australian evacuees are set to leave quarantine on Christmas Island on Monday, with no reported cases of the new coronavirus among the 277 Australian citiz…
US, Canada and Hong Kong offer citizens on Diamond Princess flights home as death toll inside China reaches 1,665A further 70 people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total to 355, …
Exclusive: professor who published stinging criticism of Chinese president was confined to home by guards and barred from social mediaThe Chinese professor Xu Zhangrun, who published a rare public critique of President Xi Jinping over China’s coronavir…