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Changes to Japanese procedure could mean two more weeks on the Diamond PrincessBritons could face two more weeks trapped onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship as Japan updates its quarantine procedure in a bid to halt the rapid spread of coronavirus…
Passengers on Diamond Princess liner ‘disillusioned’ with government over lack of action• All the day’s developmentsPressure is growing on the British government to airlift citizens stranded on a cruise ship stricken by coronavirus, after a Chinese tou…
Follow the day’s developments as the death toll climbs above 1,500 and number of cases reaches 66,000 1.31pm GMT UK citizens on board the locked down cruise ship in Japan are appealing to be brought home for quarantine in Britain but the government has…
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…
The 32-year-old had been missing for a week after she went walking in Mount Aspiring national park The body of the missing British hiker Stephanie Simpson has been found more than a week after she went missing, New Zealand police have said.The discover…
Stephanie Simpson was reported missing at Mount Aspiring national park in the South Island, which suffered severe floodingSearch operations were underway on Wednesday for a British backpacker who went missing in the South Island of New Zealand after an…
Speaker of parliament voices concern after police detained her for two hours for being ‘inappropriately’ dressed and unruly The speaker of the Maldives parliament has apologised to a British tourist after footage of her arrest by several policemen trig…
Infected Briton flew from conference in Asia to Alps and then returned to UKAn international manhunt is under way to trace more than 100 people who were at a business conference in Singapore where the British national who infected five others at a Fren…
David Abel says in video update on Facebook that he had been dining with fellow Briton who tested positive for coronavirus on a cruise ship docked in Japan.He said Alan Steele was on honeymoon and would be separated from his wife as he was taken off th…
Princess Cruises says one British man among further 41 to have contracted virus onboardCoronavirus – latest updatesA British man onboard a cruise ship docked at a port in Japan has tested positive for coronavirus, Princess Cruises said.Alan Steele, fro…
British government became first in world to advise all citizens in China to leave the countryCoronavirus – latest developmentsChina’s ambassador to the UK has condemned the British authorities for sowing panic over the coronavirus with its advice for a…
Siddle family now in quarantine after last-minute permission to leave and four-hour dash across Hubei provinceCoronavirus outbreak – latest updatesAs they raced along deserted motorways, stopping only for the checkpoints manned by Chinese officials in …
It’s wrong to say all regions of the Asian country are equally at risk, says body’s director generalFollow the latest developmentsThe UK has been criticised by the World Health Organization’s director general for urging all its 30,000 citizens in China…
British residents in quarantine anxious over news that Belgian woman on same flight has tested positiveCoronavirus – latest updatesHow to protect yourself from coronavirusA group of UK evacuees from the city at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outb…
Thousands on board Diamond Princess cruise ship in offshore quarantine in Japan after 10 people test positive, as China death toll passes 490. This blog is closed. 2.50pm GMT Here are the main points from today so far: 2.36pm GMT Turkey will now also b…