China WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early COVID patients A World Health Organization team visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus. 29/01/2021
China China expands lockdowns, cancels summit, amid new COVID-19 outbreak World Health Organization scientists are due to arrive in China on Thursday to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. 12/01/2021
Travel News Harbin Ice and Snow Festival halted by new COVID-19 cases The home of one of the world’s biggest ice and snow theme parks has had to scale back events due to COVID-19. 06/01/2021
China China jails citizen journalist for reports on Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown Zhang Zhan's broadcasts from inside the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak were widely shared on social media before she was arrested in May. 28/12/2020
China Coronavirus: China to test entire city of 9 million people over 5 days Earlier this year, China screened the whole city of Wuhan, home to around 11 million people, for the virus. 12/10/2020
Good Morning Europe Coronavirus eight months on: from 27 cases to 25 million China issued their first warnings about the Coronavirus on 31 December 2020 to the World Health Organization. At the time, the virus had 27 known cases and no deaths —but has since changed the course of history. 31/08/2020
China Thousands attend pool party in Wuhan, former COVID-19 epicentre Attendance was capped at 50% of normal capacity - but women got in half price. 18/08/2020
world news Analysis: What can we learn from the COVID-19 case spike in Beijing? Officials confirmed an outbreak of new infections in Fengtai, a district in the south-west of the capital, last Thursday. 19/06/2020
China Beijing faces new lockdown as cases spike in Chinese capital A spike in cases near Beijing's biggest fruit and vegetable market has got the Chinese authorities spooked. 17/06/2020
View China is stamping its mark on the post-COVID-19 world as a new global order begins to emerge ǀ View China's provocative moves in Hong Kong, and the ensuing US response, reinforce the bilateral US-China rupture and formalises the establishment of a new global order that will define the remainder of the 21st century. 04/06/2020
world news EU calls for independent probe into origin of COVID-19 European diplomats say the war of words between Washington and Beijing is not helpful in understanding where the new coronavirus came from and how to prevent the next pandemic. 05/05/2020
USA Trump points finger at China over coronavirus outbreak Trump repeatedly blamed China for its handling of the outbreak, criticising the country for restricting domestic travel to slow the virus but not international travel to keep it from spreading abroad. 01/05/2020
World How much influence has China had on the coronavirus pandemic? Freedom of speech is not some leftist nonsense, says Filip Jirous, if it had existed in China, COVID-19's impact on the world would not have been as damaging. 24/04/2020
The Cube Debunked: Claims a new virus has emerged from China are false Misleading rumours have been spreading on social media about a virus that has been known since the 1950s. 01/04/2020
View This high-tech way to try to slow the coronavirus spread has low-tech problems ǀ View As federal, state and local governments increasingly contemplate big tech and mass surveillance as a tool to combat the spread of the deadly virus, we must guard against surveillance opportunists who will endanger public health and the health of our democracy. 21/03/2020
Senegal Senegal's government says it cannot bring back students from Wuhan Senegal's government says it can't afford to bring home its citizens studying in China. 19/03/2020
China 'Chinese virus': Donald Trump sparks backlash over coronavirus tweets Chinese officials and state media have deplored the social media comments by the US President. 17/03/2020
world news 'You can't fight a fire blindfolded': WHO urges more COVID-19 tests "We cannot fight this pandemic without knowing who has it," said the director-general of WHO, urging more tests for COVID-19. 15/03/2020
world news World Health Organization: Don't expect travel bans to beat COVID-19 WHO expert acknowledged that "people are confused" about the virus. 13/03/2020
no comment Watch: Drone footage shows empty streets of COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan The city at the heart of the COVID-19 outbreak is still on lockdown. And it's eerily quiet. As this aerial footage shows. 11/03/2020
China Greenhouse gas emissions in China have fallen due to coronavirus The satellites of the European Copernicus agency have registered an unusual drop in nitrogen dioxide levels, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 04/03/2020
Switzerland Geneva Motor Show cancelled as Swiss bid to stop coronavirus spread The Geneva Motor Show was among the victims as Swiss authorities banned all gatherings of more than 1,000 people. 28/02/2020
Spain Tech industry forges ahead in Barcelona despite MWC cancellation Plenty of companies are still doing deals in Barcelona despite MWC2020 being cancelled because of COVID-19 coronavirus. 25/02/2020
Italy COVID-19 outbreak in Italy: What are other EU countries doing? Right-wing politicians in France and Switzerland have called for borders with Italy to be closed or more closely monitored. 24/02/2020
Austria Austria suspends train traffic to and from Italy over coronavirus Austria stopped a train at the border on Sunday evening after being informed by Italian authorities that two passengers had a fever. 23/02/2020
Ukraine Ukrainians protest over having coronavirus evacuees in their region Some people protested against Ukrainian nationals being kept in isolation in the central Poltava region over fear the novel coronavirus could spread. 21/02/2020
