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Covid-19 has spread across six continents and claimed thousands of lives in a rapid space of time. Are we seeing a pandemic unfold and what can we do to protect ourselves from its spread? We spoke with Dr Freja Jephcott to find out what a pandemic is.
Here’s the latest travel advice for people going away in the coming weeks, over the summer and for the Tokyo Olympics.
Infections in Italy increase by 45% as the World Health Organisation warned countries the virus is “knocking at the door”.
The local government said it had reprimanded the people responsible for the earlier announcement, made just hours ago.
The situation has worsened in Italy and South Korea, with some regions placed under 'unprecedented' restrictions.
"When we got to Starbucks, the employees would not let us come in. While we waited for our lattes, [they] took our temperatures and recorded our information."
Some Tory, and Labour, MPs worry that trade could Beijing trade could trump all.
The country’s totalitarian state went into overdrive to fight the outbreak. Why didn’t it work?
At just 22 I helped lead the fight to preserve Hong Kong's rights. In 2020, we’re going to face more suppression and more violence, but we won't give up, writes Agnes Chow.
As the coronavirus continues to spread in China and beyond, governments across the world will attempt to keep track of who is carrying the virus in a bid to slow down the infection rate. Techniques include contact tracing and thermal scanning – but as we find out from speaking to Freya Jephcott, a researcher of outbreaks of unknown origins, there is no perfect solution.