Experts are questioning why Chinese authorities have suddenly leaped into action, weeks after the first coronavirus case was reported. Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been left concerned about China’s transparency in light of the quarantine of victims of the virus, as well as China’s wider response. More than 1,300 people … Read more
Residents of crisis-hit Wuhan at the centre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak have described scenes reminiscent of ‘doomsday’ as China locks down the capital as it to struggles to contain the disease that has already infected nearly 2,000 people. In Wuhan, the epicentre of the emergency, 450 military medics were deployed to help treat patients in … Read more
What is this virus? The virus has been identified as a new type of coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of pathogens, most of which cause mild respiratory infections such as the common cold. But coronaviruses can also be deadly. SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, is caused by a coronavirus and killed hundreds of … Read more
Medical staff on the frontline of China‘s coronavirus outbreak are wearing adult diapers as they do not have time to go to the toilet, it has been reported. The death toll in China rose to 41 on Saturday from 26 a day earlier and more than 1,300 people have been infected globally with a virus … Read more
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the US State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had advised Americans to avoid unnecessary travel to Wuhan and the Hubei Province where the virus originated. Health authorities maintain that the risk of infection is low in the US and Europe, where the first three patients were confirmed … Read more
China is launching a Mars probe to look for signs of life using a solar-powered rover which will be fired into space aboard a Long March-5 rocket in July Following a successful test in December, China commits to a launch in July The country’s Mars mission will send a satellite probe and rover to the … Read more
It emerged today that the deadly new virus spreading across Asia is far more contagious than previously thought and someone who is infected can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Eighteen people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 600 have been infected in … Read more
What is this virus? The virus has been identified as a new type of coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of pathogens, most of which cause mild respiratory infections such as the common cold. But coronaviruses can also be deadly. SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, is caused by a coronavirus and killed hundreds of … Read more
It emerged today that the deadly new virus spreading across Asia is far more contagious than previously thought and someone who is infected can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Eighteen people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 600 have been infected in … Read more
US health officials are testing 12 patients across the country for the deadly coronavirus that has been spreading worldwide. This includes two students, one at Texas A&M University, who had traveled from Wuhan, China – where the virus originated – and another student at Tennessee Tech University. Several people in California, particlarly in Alameda County and the … Read more
It emerged today that the deadly new virus spreading across Asia is far more contagious than previously thought and someone who is infected can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Eighteen people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 800 have been infected in … Read more
This is the moment a suspected conorvirus sufferer was wheeled out of an airport in a quarantine box. The man was loaded into the see-through pod and isolated from other travellers to prevent transmission of the deadly and highly contagious virus. He was reportedly quarantined after medics picked up on a fever during screening at the … Read more
A mysterious new strain of coronavirus has been rapidly spreading across the globe since it was first discovered in the city of Wuhan, China. More than 600 people have fallen ill since December, with cases reaching as far as the US. So far, 17 people have died. It’s currently unclear how lethal this new virus … Read more