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Latest figures on new infections suggest Beijing’s strict response to the crisis is paying offCoronavirus crisis – live updatesThe number of new coronavirus cases being officially reported outside China has overtaken those reported by Beijing for the f…
More than 80,000 cases worldwide as impact on financial markets continues and UK schools told not to shut over infection fears. Follow live newsCoronavirus: is it safe to travel and should children be kept home?WHO expert says world not ready for pande…
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…
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 …
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…
Country confirms more than 430 cases as WHO head voices concern over fifth death in IranCoronavirus – latest updatesThousands of members of a secretive religious sect in South Korea are being tested for the new coronavirus after more than 430 cases wer…
Alla Ilyina blogged about escape after being told she had to be quarantined despite testing negativeCoronavirus – latest updatesA St Petersburg court has ordered a Russian woman to be forcibly confined to hospital after she dramatically broke out of co…
Top diplomats disagreed over the global relevance of the west at the Munich security conferenceThe chosen theme of the Munich security conference – once a party for Nato and now a Davos for the world’s diplomats – was “westlessness”. The organisers wan…
French health minister confirms death of man from virus that has killed more than 1,500 peopleCoronavirus: latest updates – liveEurope has recorded its first coronavirus fatality, a Chinese tourist in France, it has been confirmed.The death of the 80-y…
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factoriesThe Italian government has been urged to end the illicit export of plastic waste to Malaysia after an investigation exposed the environmental and health implications o…
End of extended lunar new year break seen as crucial test of containment strategyChina has recorded its deadliest day so far in the coronavirus outbreak, as authorities braced for millions of people to return to work on Monday after the lunar new year …
Planes have been chartered and quarantines set up – but some countries have been slow to reactCoronavirus – latest updatesHow to protect yourselfOn Tuesday night, at least 144 people who have been trapped in Wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, are expec…
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…
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…
Media body says journalists are denied visas, while editors receive stream of threatening emails and phone callsSweden’s leading newspapers and broadcasters have together called on their government to take stronger action against China for its “unaccep…