カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
The English teacher now faces two weeks in quarantine in Wirral after evacuation from the Chinese cityA English teacher who has lived in Wuhan for the last four years described his long journey back to the UK after being evacuated on Friday.Speaking fr…
US officials have declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak. Foreign nationals who have travelled to China will be barred from entering the country from Sunday. Alex Azar, the health and human services secretary, said US citizens…
Suspected infection of taxi driver by traveller raises fears virus could reach tourist hotspotsCoronavirus – latest updatesThailand has recorded its first human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, after a taxi driver was apparently infected b…
A resident describes life in the city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreakThursday 23 January (first day of lockdown) At 2am the government says my home town, Wuhan, is soon to be placed under lockdown. All the trains, flights and public transport…
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how is it transmitted from one person to another, and at what point should you see a doctor?Coronavirus: how to protect yourself from infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesIt is a novel coro…
Authoritarian bureaucracy has allowed dramatic response but also let virus festerCoronavirus outbreak – latest updatesWhen Wuhan’s mayor took to live national television to discuss the rapidly escalating outbreak of coronavirus in his city, he came pri…
Flight half full due to lack of clarity over who could fly and how to reach airport amid lockdownCoronavirus: live updatesBritons still stranded in the Chinese city at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak have said confusing messages from offi…
Incidents of hostility towards Asian people reported in Italy, France, Canada and UKCoronavirus latest: live updatesChinese people in western countries where there have been cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have said they have been the target of racist a…
Pregnant women and elderly Australians in Wuhan also worried about health facilities on Christmas IslandHundreds of Australians trapped in the city of Wuhan could miss out on the government’s proposed evacuation to Christmas Island as transport is shut…
New aerial footages captures the construction progress of two new hospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The first hospital is expected to be completed in 10 days as the country races to contain the spread of coronavirus. Continue reading…
Cases also reported in Russia, as US advises against travel to China. Follow live updates and latest news‘The city is suffocating’: diary of the Wuhan lockdownTwo people in Britain test positive for coronavirusHelp or hindrance? How Chinese politics af…
‘These days, many have died,’ says bystander as image shows emergency workers in protective suits and masks taking body awayIt is an image that captures the chilling reality of the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan: a grey-haired man we…
For Hong Kong people, the memories of the Sars outbreak are still fresh. In 2003 there were 1,755 Sars cases and 299 deaths (according to the World Health Organisation). With the threat of the coronavirus outbreak declared a global emergency, Hongkonge…
Exclusive video: late U-turn from Chinese authorities meant that Matt Raw and his 75-year-old mother Hazel were given permission to fly along with Raw’s wife Ying, who holds a Chinese passport. Previously, restrictions imposed by China meant those with…
Dominic Raab confirms China has given permission for takeoff at 5am local timeCoronavirus outbreak – latest updatesHundreds of Britons stranded in the Chinese region at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak will be flown home early on Friday morning, …