カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been enc…
Exclusive: Dr Jiang Yangyong’s movements restricted after he wrote to authorities about 1989 Tiananmen Square protestsThe Chinese military surgeon who exposed the government’s cover-up of the the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) epidemic in 200…
Woman, 38, who travelled with the only victim to die outside China and Hong Kong, is no longer infectious, says doctorThe first case of novel coronavirus in the Philippines – a Chinese tourist from Wuhan who had been travelling with a man who died of t…
Qantas flight carrying 266 people, including 92 children, was granted clearance and all passengers assessed as ‘clinically well’A flight carrying more than 200 Australian evacuees from Wuhan landed in Darwin after being granted delayed clearance to fly…
Infected Briton flew from conference in Asia to Alps and then returned to UKAn international manhunt is under way to trace more than 100 people who were at a business conference in Singapore where the British national who infected five others at a Fren…
Group will be held in quarantine on an airbase in the mid-western state of GoiásBrazilian nationals evacuated from Wuhan, the city at the centre of the coronavirus crisis, will land shortly in national territory and will be taken to an airforce base wh…
People who are being held in facilities in dozens of countries explain what daily life is like and their hopes for returning home soon. China’s Hubei province, where the coronavirus originated from, is under lockdown to limit contagion. The death toll …
Country could have contained spread of disease if only it had learned lessons from Sars outbreak The death of the whistleblower Chinese doctor Li Wenliang has aroused strong emotions across China. Social media is awash with posts mourning the death of …
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been enc…
US citizen, 60, died of virus, while Japan says citizen who died had symptoms of virusA US national in China has become the first foreigner confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus, while a Japanese man also died after experiencing symptoms cons…
Residents say they are trapped in their own homes as the country grapples with the expanding outbreakConstruction workers are putting together the final touches on the Changying coronavirus isolation ward in Beijing, drilling holes in a brick wall for …
Those waiting to board sent home from airport as China withholds ‘official clearance’ to land Australians who had been due to leave Wuhan on Friday night remain stranded in the city where the coronavirus outbreak began after the flight was delayed unti…
About 150 people coming from city at centre of outbreak in China will be held in isolationAround 150 Britons being flown back from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan on Sunday will be quarantined at a facility in Milton Keynes.South Central Ambulance Se…
Australia’s economy is unusually dependent on China, and a coronavirus-driven slowdown could mean billions in lost revenueAustralia could be one of the countries worst affected by the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak as factories in China re…
With businesses around the world suffering, Beijing tightens controlsIncreasingly desperate officials in the quarantined epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak have tightened controls on an already frightened population, likening the growing crisis to “…