カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
Chen Quishi’s disappearance comes amid widespread anger in China over the death of whistleblower doctor Li WenliangA citizen journalist who had been reporting from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak has gone missing, prompting claims that the Ch…
Declaration gives UK government additional powers as death toll inside China jumps to 908 with more than 40,000 infectionsNumber of UK confirmed cases rises from four to eightSixty more cases on cruise ship as ‘depression sets in’How to protect yoursel…
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been enc…
Woman, 38, who travelled with the only victim to die outside China and Hong Kong, is no longer infectious, says doctorThe first case of novel coronavirus in the Philippines – a Chinese tourist from Wuhan who had been travelling with a man who died of t…
Group will be held in quarantine on an airbase in the mid-western state of GoiásBrazilian nationals evacuated from Wuhan, the city at the centre of the coronavirus crisis, will land shortly in national territory and will be taken to an airforce base wh…
People who are being held in facilities in dozens of countries explain what daily life is like and their hopes for returning home soon. China’s Hubei province, where the coronavirus originated from, is under lockdown to limit contagion. The death toll …
Country could have contained spread of disease if only it had learned lessons from Sars outbreak The death of the whistleblower Chinese doctor Li Wenliang has aroused strong emotions across China. Social media is awash with posts mourning the death of …
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?Find all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionIt is a member of the coronavirus family that has never been enc…
Residents say they are trapped in their own homes as the country grapples with the expanding outbreakConstruction workers are putting together the final touches on the Changying coronavirus isolation ward in Beijing, drilling holes in a brick wall for …
Those waiting to board sent home from airport as China withholds ‘official clearance’ to land Australians who had been due to leave Wuhan on Friday night remain stranded in the city where the coronavirus outbreak began after the flight was delayed unti…
About 150 people coming from city at centre of outbreak in China will be held in isolationAround 150 Britons being flown back from the coronavirus-hit city of Wuhan on Sunday will be quarantined at a facility in Milton Keynes.South Central Ambulance Se…
With businesses around the world suffering, Beijing tightens controlsIncreasingly desperate officials in the quarantined epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak have tightened controls on an already frightened population, likening the growing crisis to “…
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…
Endangered species could be missing link between bats and humans, researchers believeChinese researchers investigating the animal origin of the coronavirus outbreak in China have said that the endangered pangolin may be the “missing link” between bats …
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…