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Health secretary gives statement to Commons on latest advice on travel to ItalyCoronavirus latest – live updatesThe health secretary, Matt Hancock, has clarified advice on travel to Italy in the wake of the five coronavirus deaths in the north of the c…
Nagaland farmers are bringing back the ancient crop – said to have near-miraculous powers – as a less water-intensive alternative to ricePhotographs courtesy of NEN NagalandWhülü Thurr is a staunch believer in ancient farming traditions. “There is an o…
Beijing’s draconian measures to contain outbreak have delayed global transmissionThe World Health Organization is having to perform a diplomatic balancing act over the new coronavirus outbreak, caught between China – whose draconian measures to contain…
The independent Ilkhom theatre in Tashkent opened under Soviet rule in 1976A cherished independent theatre in Uzbekistan is fighting eviction after realestate developers in the booming capital selected its historic location for a new business centre.Th…
Fight against coronavirus being hampered by stockpiling of equipment, says body’s chiefThe fight against the coronavirus epidemic is being hampered by serious global shortages of face masks and protective suits, according to the World Health Organizati…
News of Kaletra being tested as a possible treatment for the disease sparks panic buying Coronavirus – latest newsA drug used to treat people with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is being trialled in patients in China as a possible therapy against the…
The World Health Organization should not exclude Taiwan from efforts to tackle the outbreak, writes David YL Lin of the Taipei Representative Office. David E Hanke says an anthropomorphic explanation of viruses can be dangerous. And Robert East warns a…
UK citizens should leave ‘if they can’ to reduce risk of exposure to virus, says foreign secretaryStay or go? Britons in China weigh up coronavirus risksIs UK overreacting by telling citizens to leave China?All 30,000 British nationals in China have be…
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and when should you call the NHS?Coronavirus: how to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like…
As knowledge of the coronavirus evolved, Australia’s response escalated with stricter exclusion measuresThe understanding of the novel coronavirus has evolved, with authorities now conceding that person-to-person transmission has occurred outside Hubei…
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…
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…
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 …