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WHO team arrives in Wuhan as China reports first virus death in months

January 14, 2021 | 13:31

A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months.

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses: Chinese state media

May 25, 2020 | 09:01

BEIJING: The Chinese virology institute in the city where COVID-19 first emerged has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world, its director has said.

Fresh test for Wuhan as cluster sparks mass COVID-19 screening

May 15, 2020 | 08:58

WUHAN: Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queued up across the city to be tested for COVID-19 on Thursday (May 14) after a new cluster of cases sparked a mass screening campaign.

China's COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan eases travel restrictions after lockdown

March 28, 2020 | 14:03

The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened on Saturday (Mar 28), after more than two months of almost total isolation.

Children less sick from COVID-19, but may still spread the coronavirus: Experts

March 14, 2020 | 16:02

For reasons unknown, children rarely have severe symptoms when infected by COVID-19 and may even be a bit less likely to get the disease in the first place, experts told AFP.

China reports 71 more COVID-19 deaths, lowest in 2 weeks

February 25, 2020 | 15:36

China on Tuesday (Feb 25) reported another 71 deaths from the novel coronavirus, the lowest daily number of fatalities in over two weeks, which raised the toll to 2,663.

More than 800 firms stop operating or scale down due to COVID-19

February 16, 2020 | 12:05

More than 800 businesses and 8,700 employees have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

China's Hubei province reports 116 new coronavirus deaths, 4,823 new cases

February 14, 2020 | 09:05

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China's Hubei province rose by 116, the province's health commission said on Friday (Feb 14).

30 citizens arrive at Van Don airport from China

February 10, 2020 | 16:55

Vietnam has flown home 30 citizens from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Vietnam brings 30 citizens home from Wuhan

February 10, 2020 | 16:43

Vietnam has flown home 30 citizens from Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

Vietnam reports two more coronavirus infection cases

February 07, 2020 | 10:56

Vietnam has reported two more new coronavirus (nCoV) infection cases, bringing the total number of detected nCoV patients in the country to 12, the Ministry of Health announced on February 6 evening.

China opens novel coronavirus hospital built from scratch in under two weeks

February 05, 2020 | 09:07

Coronavirus patients arrived Tuesday (Feb 4) at a Chinese field hospital built from scratch in under two weeks at the frontline of the outbreak, state media said, following a round-the-clock construction marathon that became a national social media sensation.