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Month-long restrictions to come into force as officials warn virus could rip through PNG’s fragile health system ‘like a tornado’ Papua New Guinea will go into a month-long nationwide isolation in an effort to arrest a spiralling Covid-19 outbreak that…
Move raises questions as China’s vaccines not approved in many countries it is opening travel toCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina is resuming visa processing for foreigners from dozens of countries, but only if they have…
Parents whose only hope was finding foreign sponsorship or a clinical trial are now looking for homegrown breakthroughsFor three years, Vidya tried to find the cause of her son’s recurrent fevers and low cognitive development. When she found out, she w…
Germany warns cases could hit Christmas peak by April; Australia records first local Covid case in more than two weeks. This blog has closed – follow our new one belowCoronavirus live updates 1.09am GMT We are closing this blog and moving to a new one …
Exclusive: summary from visit last year reveals Chinese officials offered scant detailsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChinese officials did “little” in terms of epidemiological investigations into the origins of the Covid-1…
Data shows Covid has taken far greater toll than flu, to which it is often dismissively comparedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 20.5 million years of life may have been lost to the coronavirus pandemic in 81 countr…
Vaccines also exempt from price caps in divisive move that health experts fear will deepen inequalityCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePakistan will allow private companies to import coronavirus vaccines and has exempted the v…
Australian infection expert, part of a team visiting Wuhan, says they were provided only with a summary of dataCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere is growing controversy over a World Health Organization investigation into …
Comments from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came after another WHO expert said laboratory theory was ‘extremely unlikely’ The World Health Organization says it has not ruled out any theory on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite one top offici…
Supreme court ruling welcomed by rights activists who say it opens the way to broader prison reformsIn a landmark decision, Pakistan’s supreme court ruled this week that prisoners with serious mental health problems cannot be executed for their crimes….
Analysis: start of long process by Wuhan team junks Trump allies’ claim that coronavirus escaped from a laboratoryThe press conference given by the World Health Organization’s investigative team in Wuhan is unlikely to silence the most conspiratorial o…
Theories including virus jumping from animal to human or via frozen food being explored by team in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization team that visited Wuhan to investigate the origins of the …
Schemes are in development from Sweden to China, but there are fears around transmission and social unrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is the question being asked with increasing urgency around the world, at least in c…
Survey finds hesitancy related to trust in government, and more acute in younger peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly four in ten people in France, more than 25% of those in the US and 23% in Germany say they definit…
Knightsbridge Circle offer is first evidence of Covid-19 vaccine being used to attract touristsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s Sinopharm vaccine is being offered to a handful of wealthy people paying for access to th…