Since the very early days of coronavirus in the US, President Donald Trump has been quick to point fingers. He blamed the World Health Organization. He blamed the governors. He blamed the media. But he didn’t blame China. He even praised President Xi Jinping on several occasions, saying he was doing “a very good job with a very, very tough …

Wuhan residents believe up to 18 times the number of people died in their city from coronavirus than authorities are reporting. The seven funeral homes serving Wuhan have reportedly been running nonstop recently, prompting one resident to say “anyone with any ability to think” knows officials are lying about the death toll. China announced 2,535 deaths in Wuhan – the …

With another record amount of COVID-19 cases identified, the New Zealand government has been granted extraordinary operating powers to implement a nationwide lockdown. A State of National Emergency was declared by Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Wednesday, following Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s issuing of an Epidemic Notice on Tuesday. Those two measures have granted the government powers unseen in …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered a 21-day lockdown of the country’s 1.3 billion people to try to protect the world’s second-most populous country from the coronavirus. Health researchers have warned that more than a million people in India could be infected with the coronavirus by mid-May, prompting the government to shut down all air and train travel, businesses …

But the psychological impact of surviving the virus that has claimed the lives of those around him is taking a greater toll than the physical effects of the illness itself. The spread of COVID-19 has been rapid. At the time of writing, there were more than 113,000 cases of coronavirus worldwide — the vast majority concentrated in China’s Hubei province …

Wearing blue surgical masks amid a coronavirus outbreak, 220 couples exchanged vows and kisses in the central Philippines to launch their married lives. Lovers and their relatives braved the virus, which has killed 2,442 people globally, to attend a mass ceremony sponsored by the coastal city of Bacolod. The lobby of Bacolod’s city hall was a sea of white shirts …

An elderly Chinese tourist hospitalised in France has died of the novel coronavirus, becoming the first fatality in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn says. France has recorded 12 cases of the virus, out of a global total of 69,092 according to Centres for Disease Control data collated by Johns Hopkins University. The vast majority of those suffering from the virus are …

When Wang Ming Ming was five years old there was a knock at the door. A representative from the family planning unit in the Chinese town where she lived had an envelope to deliver to her parents. Inside was a fine for 2,500 RMB. For Ming Ming’s parents the sum, around $500, was equivalent to more than two years of …

China’s Hubei province has reported 81 more deaths from coronavirus, bringing the total to 780 and taking the global count past that caused by the SARS epidemic in 2002-2003. The national health commission confirmed cases across China had risen to 37,198, with 811 deaths. The number of people who died from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) reached 774. The announcements came …

A gunman described as a soldier angry over a financial dispute has killed two people and then gone on a far bloodier rampage in north-eastern Thailand, shooting as he drove to a busy mall where shoppers fled in terror. At least 21 people were killed in all, 31 were injured and others were believed to be still inside the building …