Italy’s northern Lombardy region is preparing to impose a night-time curfew for three weeks, the most restrictive anti-coronavirus measure the country has seen since it emerged from a national lockdown in spring. The 11pm-5am curfew is expected to begin on Thursday night and last until November 13. It comes amid a battle to contain a … Read more
Thousands of Wuhan revellers flout social-distancing rules as they cram into a water park at the former COVID-19 epicentre Pictures show the outdoor park packed out by mask-free partygoers in Wuhan Visitors are seen standing shoulder to shoulder despite the COVID-19 pandemic Hubei has made hundreds of scenic spots free to enter to boost local … Read more
A dead man’s body lay festering on the streets of Rio for 30 hours amid Brazil’s soaring coronavirus death toll that has reached more than 20,000. The family of Valnir da Silva, 62, say he was a victim of the coronavirus pandemic that is tearing its way through Rio’s marginalised communities, stretching public services beyond their … Read more
The North West passed London as the epicentre of the UK’s coronavirus outbreak today, with more people in hospital with the illness than in the capital. Data shared at today’s government briefing revealed coronavirus patients in London had dipped to 2,033. In contrast, patients with the illness in the North West rose to 2,191, the … Read more
Russia’s coronavirus tally rises above 10,000 with Moscow at its epicentre as Putin brings in strict punishments for breaking lockdown Nation saw a record one-day rise in cases and a death toll increase from 13 to 76 It is now illegal to break lockdown with punishment of up to seven years in prison Spreading misinformation … Read more
A plane carrying cargo directly from Wuhan, the original epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, touched down in Sydney on Wednesday night. Airline employees and cargo handlers dressed in protective gear began unpacking the plane in the dead of night after the plane landed at about 9.30pm. One man in a hazmat suit was pictured carrying … Read more
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday. People are now allowed to enter the city, in China’s Hubei province, and hundreds were pictured arriving at the railway station today. However, people will not be allowed to leave until April 8 and the vast majority … Read more
London has three times more cases of the killer coronavirus than any other region in the UK, according to official statistics. More than 900 cases have already been confirmed in the capital, with the boroughs of Southwark, Westminster and Lambeth the worst affected. In comparison, fewer than 300 people have been struck down in the … Read more
When Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson landed in Australia just over a month ago, the A-listers shacked up in the same building as one of the country’s first coronavirus cases. Hanks and Wilson are believed to have been staying at the Gold Coast’s Oracle Apartments – which charges about $1,100 a night for the penthouse … Read more
More than 100 wild animals have reportedly dropped dead near the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in China. Experts claimed that some of the animals died after being poisoned by disinfectant sprayed by workers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to state media. A total of 135 animal bodies belonging to 17 species … Read more