Cholera death toll rises to over 420 in Cameroon
Yaounde, CameroonReuters A further 26 people have died in Cameroon’s ongoing cholera outbreak in the past two weeks, taking the overall death toll to 426, a health ministry official said on Thursday. The outbreak was declared in October 2021 and has seen a strong increase in cases since late March of this year after a […]
North Korea reports first COVID-19 death after 350,000 sickened with fever
Seoul, South Korea Reuters At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of country’s first confirmed outbreak of the pandemic. About 187,800 people are being treated in isolation after a […]
Without ICUs, doctor in Jakarta hospital battles to help COVID-19 patients
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesian doctor Cheras Sjarfi says the small public hospital where she works in south Jakarta was not ready for the influx of COVID-19 patients who arrived after a surge of new infections in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. Only equipped for basic health care, her facility has had to treat COVID-19 patients even though […]
Updated: Coronavirus death toll leaps in China’s Hubei province
Updated: 12.15pmBeijing, China/SingaporeReuters The Chinese province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday, as global health experts warned the epidemic could get far worse before it is brought under control. Health officials in Hubei province said 242 people had died from the flu-like virus on […]
Updated: “Enemy of mankind”: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
Updated 12pmShanghai/Beijing, ChinaReuters The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission said on Monday. The number of new deaths on Sunday rose 97, the NHC said in a statement on its website, another daily record increase. Passengers wearing masks walk […]
Traditional markets blamed for virus outbreak are lifeline for Asia’s poor
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of poor farmers and workers will lose access to a cheap and easy way to buy and sell fresh food if Asian cities clamp down on traditional wet markets in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, analysts warned on Friday. Wet markets, which are a series of stalls that […]
Coronavirus kills ‘hero’ Chinese doctor who sounded alarm as toll passes 630
Shanghai/Beijing, ChinaReuters A Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died of the disease on Friday, prompting an outpouring of sorrow as the death toll passed 630 and Beijing declared a “people’s war” on the rapidly spreading pathogen. Li Wenliang, 34, died in the early hours of the morning at […]
Russia to evacuate citizens from China as virus toll rises
Shanghai, ChinaReuters China faced mounting isolation from international travel curbs and flight suspensions on Saturday, with Russia to start pulling out its citizens next week, as the death toll from a spreading coronavirus outbreak rose to 259. The epidemic has led to mass evacuations of foreign citizens as world airlines halt flights, and risks exacerbating […]
Explainer: Rapid spread of China coronavirus fuels global alarm
Reuters International alarm over the coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China in December is driven by its rapid spread and the fact that infectious disease experts cannot yet know how deadly or contagious it is. Within weeks, the virus has infected nearly 8,000 people in China and, according to latest figures, killed 212. Close to […]
China records first virus death in Beijing as toll passes 100
Shanghai, ChinaReuters The new strain of coronavirus spreading across China claimed its first victim in Beijing, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to 106, the United States warned citizens against trips to the country and financial markets recoiled again at the potential impact on the world’s second-biggest economy. Amid mounting concern about […]