カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
Suspected infection of taxi driver by traveller raises fears virus could reach tourist hotspotsCoronavirus – latest updatesThailand has recorded its first human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus, after a taxi driver was apparently infected b…
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…
Authoritarian bureaucracy has allowed dramatic response but also let virus festerCoronavirus outbreak – latest updatesWhen Wuhan’s mayor took to live national television to discuss the rapidly escalating outbreak of coronavirus in his city, he came pri…
Pregnant women and elderly Australians in Wuhan also worried about health facilities on Christmas IslandHundreds of Australians trapped in the city of Wuhan could miss out on the government’s proposed evacuation to Christmas Island as transport is shut…
New aerial footages captures the construction progress of two new hospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The first hospital is expected to be completed in 10 days as the country races to contain the spread of coronavirus. Continue reading…
Cases also reported in Russia, as US advises against travel to China. Follow live updates and latest news‘The city is suffocating’: diary of the Wuhan lockdownTwo people in Britain test positive for coronavirusHelp or hindrance? How Chinese politics af…
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, …
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 infectionIt is a novel coronavirus – that is to say, a …
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…
WHO prepares to meet to decide whether to declare outbreak a global emergencyCoronavirus outbreak – latest updatesChina has reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus deaths, as countries struggled to evacuate citizens still trapped in the cit…
WHO says whole world must be on alert for Wuhan virus as UK citizens in Hubei told they will be flown home on FridayCoronavirus: Britons stuck in Wuhan to be flown home on Friday6,000 passengers stuck on cruise ship in Italy over coronavirus fearsWhole…
The two countries had agreed to work together to get citizens out, with Australia proposing they be flown to Christmas Island New Zealand is launching an independent rescue mission to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, chartering an Air New Zealand plan…
Allegations of text scams linked to the virus and false rumours about school infections shake China’s hyper-connected near neighbourPolice in South Korea are investigating a rise in false rumours about the coronavirus, including a scam in which people …
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…