Tag: Wuhan
Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute
While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in...
Scientists call for media sobriety amid Covid-19 fake news ‘infodemic’
By Dr Crispin Maslog in Manila
As fake news on Covid-19 spreads faster than the virus, scientists call for a halt to the "infodemic".
As China...
NZ to shut out foreign travellers from China – first death...
By RNZ News
A man has died of the Wuhan coronavirus outside China, and any foreign travellers who leave from or transit through China will...
Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics
Video report by RNZ Pacific.
RNZ Pacific's Jamie Tahana reports
In the Pacific, where several countries are already dealing with epidemics, some countries have taken extreme...
Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic
Rappler editorial
It’s not the virus. It’s not the Chinese flying into the Philippines. Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan crisis is panic.
Here's the situation:...
PNG shuts down Indonesian border post over coronavirus
By Stanley Ove Jnr in Port Moresby
The PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority (PNGICA) has ordered a temporary shutdown of the Wutung border post with...
NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus
By RNZ News
The unexpected death of a person in New Zealand who recently travelled to China is being investigated for coronavirus, but a local...
Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ
By RNZ News
New Zealand health authorities are following up reports of a person with coronavirus in the southern New Zealand tourism city of Queenstown.
RNZ...
First Australian coronavirus case confirmed – 41 now dead in China
By RNZ News
The first Australian case of Wuhan coronavirus has been confirmed, with a man being held under isolation in a Melbourne hospital.
News of...