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Charter flight carrying 72 people is first of four flights taking evacuees from WA to the island where they will be quarantined for two weeks• Death toll passes 360 in China, passing Sars fatalities – follow latest updates The first Australians evacuat…
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…
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…
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, …
I still wonder whether he would have survived with access to treatments we would have used in the UKThe boy’s hands were very cold. He was about 13 or 14 but looked younger, with untidy dark hair. He had been bitten by a snake and was now severely unwe…
Rui Severino calls proposal to quarantine Australians in offshore detention centre ‘outrageous’ An Australian man currently under lockdown in Wuhan says the government’s proposal to quarantine Australians in the Christmas Island detention centre is “ou…
About 200 UK nationals will be barred from boarding plane from China if they do not agreeHundreds of British nationals brought home from China because of the coronavirus outbreak are expected to be quarantined at a secure NHS facility for a fortnight, …
Countries urged to be on alert as number of confirmed cases passes 6,000The whole world must be on alert to deal with the spread of coronavirus, the World Health Organization has said as it urged countries to prepare so that they are ready to detect an…
Scott Morrison says vulnerable will be flown out of Chinese province and isolated for up to 14 days in joint New Zealand operation• China coronavirus outbreak – latest updatesAustralia has unveiled plans to evacuate some of its nationals from Wuhan and…
UK embassy in Beijing says it is working on option for British nationals to leave ChinaCoronavirus latest – live updatesBritain’s embassy in Beijing has said it is “working to make available an option” for British nationals to leave the Chinese provinc…
World Health Organization chief travels to Beijing as more than 2,700 cases reported in China. Follow the latest news about the outbreak.Coronavirus: 100,000 may already be infected, experts warn100 Australian children stranded in Wuhan as coronavirus …
China’s health commission minister says coronavirus’s ability to spread appeared to be increasing. More patients have been found to have the virus in Wuhan, which has been placed under strict lockdown. Officials announced a range of measures to halt th…
Three of the new cases are severe, with experts worried about the disease’s spread ahead of lunar new yearChina reported 17 new cases of the mysterious Sars-like virus on Sunday, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China’s…
Experts fear numbers affected may be higher than first thought as US begins screening passengers arriving from Wuhan More cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan and a second person has died, according to local authorities…
30-year-old man tested positive to illness after visiting central Chinese city of Wuhan Japan has confirmed its first case of infection from the new China coronavirus that has killed one person and prompted a travel alert from the US state department.A…