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China: WHO inspectors arrive in Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins
It comes as the country is witnessing a surge in cases of the coronavirus.
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.
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.
Team of experts to travel to China in search of coronavirus origin
The mission is expected to start next month and continue for four-to-five weeks.
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Wuhan river swimmers happy to be back after virus lockdown
Wuhan was where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected at the turn of the new year.
Thousands attend pool party in Wuhan, former COVID-19 epicentre
Attendance was capped at 50% of normal capacity - but women got in half price.
COVID-19: UK records 118 deaths, plans to reopen schools from June 1
UK records 118 additional deaths, Wuhan lab denies link to COVID-19, Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr, these are the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic.
Euroviews. Irresponsible wet market practices led to COVID-19. China hasn’t learned its lesson ǀ View
The US should convene the UN Security Council (UNSC) for an emergency session in order to engage with China and others to seek an immediate cessation of all wet-market activities around the world, provide transparency on that cessation, facilitate international inspection of all relevant sites...
Euroviews. We need to drastically improve animal welfare standards globally to avoid another pandemic ǀ View
A permanent ban is needed, not only on animal markets such as those in Wuhan, but on the live trade, export and inhumane slaughter of all animals. This would not only protect animal welfare, but could also save millions of human lives.
Midnight light show as Wuhan lifts coronavirus lockdown
Lockdown has been lifted in the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first reported.
People board trains and planes out of Wuhan for first time in 11 weeks
Wuhan residents are now permitted to leave without special authorisation as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy
Wuhan, China's COVID-19 ground zero, re-opens for business
Anti-virus controls kept tens of millions of people at home for two months.
COVID-19: Wuhan partially reopens from months-long isolation
The Chinese city where the global coronavirus pandemic began partly reopened on Saturday, after more than two months of almost total isolation.
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.
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.
Coronavirus: China readies thousands of new hospital beds in Wuhan
Malaysia has also beefed up cleaning at Kuala Lumpur’s airport in order to tackle the virus spread.
China's coronavirus hospital built in 10 days welcomes patients
Construction of the hospital began on Jan. 24 with a crew of 7,000 people working around the clock.
Italian scientists isolate DNA sequence of coronavirus
Scientists in Rome say they have isolated the DNA sequence of the coronavirus and will share the research worldwide to help combat the outbreak
'Wuhan is a ghost city': Video reveals life in a coronavirus lockdown
Watch this Frenchman show you around Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak and a city on lockdown.
Quarantined hotel workers in Wuhan do exercises to stay active
Welcome to the Marco Polo hotel in Wuhan, over which hangs the spectre of the deadly coronavirus that has put the city in quarantine.