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Doctors and nurses in hazmat suits perform a caesarean section on a face mask-clad mother in Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak – that has infected more than 100,000 worldwide with a death toll of 3,594 – began in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province when the WHO was alerted by Chinese authorities … Read more
China’s Hubei province reports NO new cases of coronavirus outside of Wuhan in 24 hours for the first time since the outbreak Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic, confirmed 126 new cases on Thursday No further infections were reported elsewhere in province by health authorities Outside of Hubei, 17 cases were confirmed across Gansu, Beijing … Read more
A Dean Koontz thriller novel about a killer virus that started in Wuhan has become a bestseller amid rising fears over the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Fans of the author insisted that his 1981 work The Eyes of Darkness, which describes a virus named ‘Wuhan-400’ after the Chinese city it originated in, predicted the outbreak of COVID-19, … Read more
A family of four in Wuhan has secretly lived in a food market riddled with the novel coronavirus after the venue was shut by officials in January in the wake of a virus outbreak. Hazmat-clad officials today found the family inside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the epidemic was believed to have originated, according … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 83,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
A model who remained in Wuhan for her boyfriend during the coronavirus outbreak has claimed that the locals were facing a food shortage, especially meat. Residents of a village on the outskirts of Wuhan were only able to buy basic vegetables, and ‘some families even had no meat to eat’, said Annabella Woo who is … Read more
Wuhan woman ‘with schizophrenia’ climbs eight storeys down the outside of a tower block in terrifying escape bid after ‘her son locked her up in her room to prevent her from catching coronavirus’ The 62-year-old woman climbing down the building façade with her bare hands Footage shows her descending along the wall while carrying instant noodles … Read more
A couple evacuated to the UK from Wuhan to escape the coronavirus may now be made to pay more than £10,000 to have their baby on the NHS. Jed Jones, 28, and his 24-weeks-pregnant wife, Liu Pan, were quarantined in Milton Keynes for two weeks after being rescued by the British government. They were released yesterday … Read more
A fifteenth American has coronavirus, US officials announced Thursday. The latest patient is among the evacuees from Wuhan being held in quarantine at JBSA-Lackland and is the first confirmed case in Texas. The US is bracing for the new coronavirus that has now struck 60,000 people worldwide to spread in the US, officials said the … Read more
Heart-breaking footage has captured the wife a hospital chief in Wuhan bidding a tearing farewell to her husband after he died of coronavirus. Devastated Cai Liping, a nurse, was caught on camera wailing and chasing a van which was taking her husband’s body from a hospital to a crematorium in the epicentre of the outbreak. Her … Read more