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Market is landmark in Chinese city traumatised as epicentre of what became the pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have visited Hua…
Book extract: A lot of things will change as a result of this pandemic and it’s clear the recovery won’t be marked by a discrete eventIn 1844, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote: “Whoever has learnt to be anxious in the right way, has learnt th…
World Health Organization experts conduct on-the-ground research into origins of pandemic in ChinaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has visited a hospital in Wuhan, Ch…
Swimming pools, cinemas and theatres to be allowed to operate at full capacity from 1 FebruaryIndia’s health minister, Harsh Vardhan, has claimed it has “successfully contained the pandemic” and “flattened its Covid-19 graph” as the country of 1.34 bil…
Mission is politically charged as China seeks to avoid blame for alleged missteps in outbreak responseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn international team of World Health Organization experts has emerged from quarantine in …
Method can increase detection rate among infected people, senior Beijing doctor tells state TV Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers to be at high risk of contracting Cov…
Zhang Hai among those to tell of crackdown before WHO team begins investigation into pandemic’s originsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRelatives of Wuhan’s coronavirus dead have said Chinese authorities deleted their social …
Green zone travel arrangements suspended for 72 hours after woman tested positive after leaving Auckland quarantine hotelAustralia has suspended its travel bubble with New Zealand for three days after a confirmed case of a highly transmissible Covid-19…
Low uptake fuelled by fears over safety of vaccine and spread of misinformation Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia’s Covid-19 vaccine drive has been hampered by turnout as low as 22% in some states, as fears over the safe…
Independent panel criticises WHO for not declaring emergency until 30 January and Biden and Trump camps clash over easing travel restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn independent panel has said Chinese officials cou…
India launches bid to vaccinate 300m people amid fears over efficacy of domestically produced vaccineEmerging from Holy Family hospital in New Delhi, Ram Verma, a sanitation worker, breathed a deep sigh of relief. As one of the first in India to receiv…
Dominic Raab says government aiming for early autumn target for first dose rollout; New South Wales records six new casesArrivals in UK could be asked to stay in quarantine hotelsIndia begins world’s biggest Covid vaccination programAustralian Open see…
Millions more expected to descend on Haridwar in coming weeks for Kumbh Mela despite pandemic Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUp to a million Hindu pilgrims have gathered on the banks of the River Ganges in northern India, m…
Scientists express caution about what they may find and the political sensitivity around investigationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen the scientists on the World Health Organization’s mission to research the origins of …
Burst of optimism over approvals has been followed by delays, shortages and bureaucratic errorsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe global introduction of newly approved coronavirus vaccines has been marked by delays, shortag…