Global health body has warned that Covid-19 ‘may just be a harbinger of what may come’ and governments must prepare for the next crisis.
Researchers from around the world will join Chinese scientists in the hunt for the origins of the virus ‘as soon as possible’, World Health Organization says.
A previously unpublished floor plan of Wuhan’s Huanan market shows where people with the first recorded Covid-19 cases worked or shopped.
China handled coronavirus outbreaks within its borders decisively but unfavourable opinion from countries still suffering from Covid-19 has soared.
Keen amateur runner Max Sprick, 33, found himself struggling to walk more than a few steps after he contracted the disease.
When Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan, the few American health specialists remaining in China were relegated to the embassy in Beijing, largely unaware of the new contagion.
The mass cancellation of performances had a big impact on a sector whose workforce is mostly freelance, but also brought innovation as theatre, dance and music troupes explored online presentation.
Society’s most vulnerable have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic, with many low-paying jobs gone, parents and their children confined to tiny homes, and domestic helpers and the poor elderly at heightened risk of exposure.
Authorities across region set out conservative timetables for starting immunisations, ranging from several weeks to the latter half of 2021.
A year after the new coronavirus emerged at a Wuhan market, Chinese exotic animal breeders are moving into new areas of demand.
A year after the first Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the country’s animal public health system remains inadequate.
Despite the media’s desire to commemorate the events of early 2020, most people ‘just want to forget about it and get on with our lives’, local man says.
Some of the volunteers who kept the Chinese city going in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak share their stories.
The extreme lows brought by Covid-19 have sparked unprecedented speed in developing and approving vaccines and rolling them out.
Activists fear for future as Chinese people increasingly find Western-style liberalism unconvincing, even irrelevant.
The country has sought to present itself as a model of confidence in a crisis but it might be better off taking a more modest course to improve its international standing, observers say.
