China virus toll jumps past 500 as more cases found on cruise ship off Japan
Shanghai, ChinaReuters The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that has shut down Chinese cities and forced thousands more into quarantine around the world. Hubei province, the epicentre […]
Explainer – Coronavirus to extreme weather: What happens in a city lockdown?
Thomson Reuters Foundation Wuhan, a Chinese city of about 11 million, has been under virtual lockdown for more than a week as the government tries to contain the outbreak of the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has killed more than 400 people and infected thousands more. After announcing the lockdown on 23rd January – two days before China started […]