Coronavirus was still silently spreading in Wuhan – the city where it first emerged – at least a month after Chinese officials said the outbreak there was over in April, a new study finds. Researchers from Wuhan University found that thousands of people were likely infected after the city was declared disease-free, based on testing … Read more
It is a year since the world learned of a deadly new respiratory disease stalking the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Yet we still know little about how and why the virus spread with such devastating consequences. It can almost certainly be traced to bats. But we do not know how this pathogen – having … Read more
Nearly half a million Wuhan residents may have been infected with coronavirus – almost 10 times the city’s official number of confirmed cases – a study by China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. The research aimed to estimate the scale of previous infections by testing blood serum samples from a number of … Read more
Nearly half a million Wuhan residents may have been infected with coronavirus – almost 10 times the city’s official number of confirmed cases – a study by China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. The research aimed to estimate the scale of previous infections by testing blood serum samples from a number of … Read more
Liam Gallagher has shared his disbelief at being asked to two festivals in Wuhan next year despite not even being able to spend Christmas with his family in the UK. The Oasis star, 48, took to Twitter to share his frustration after it was announced on Saturday that London would be going into strict Tier … Read more
Wuhan in China – Coronavirus Ground Zero – is learning how to party again almost year after millions were locked down at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nightlife in the Wuhan is back in full swing almost seven months after the city lifted its stringent lockdown and the city’s young partygoers are embracing the … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO) scientists will travel to Wuhan in January to investigate the origins of Covid-19 after months of negotiating with China for access. The international mission is expected to go to China in the first week of January to investigate the origins of the virus that sparked the coronavirus pandemic, WHO spokesman Hedinn Halldorsson … Read more
A Chinese citizen journalist who was arrested after reporting about the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan is kept in restraints 24 hours a day and force-fed by tube after going on a hunger strike in prison, her lawyer has claimed. Zhang Zhan, who criticised Wuhan government’s handling of the crisis, is facing up to five years … Read more
WHO unveils team of 10 scientists to trace Covid-19 origins in pandemic’s ground zero of Wuhan – but warn it is a ‘riddle that can take years to solve’ The WHO has assembled an international team of world-leading virus hunters Included in line up is England’s former deputy chief medical officer John Watson UN agency warned … Read more
China’s ‘bat woman’ reveals new tests which suggest coronavirus did NOT originate at her Wuhan lab Shi Zhengli retested blood samples taken in 2012 from miners who became ill Four men caught respiratory disease after clearing bat faeces from copper mine Virologist found none of them were infected with Covid-19 when they were sick By … Read more