Hong Kong activists arrested over last year's democracy protests
Last year’s rallies morphed into a wider movement calling for greater freedoms from Beijing.
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Last year’s rallies morphed into a wider movement calling for greater freedoms from Beijing.
The country’s economy shrank 6.8% in the first quarter of the year.
Scientists also warned there is a substantial risk of the virus being reintroduced from abroad.
Greg McDonough says life is returning to some semblance of normal for his family after the shutdown in China.
Wuhan, in Hubei province, was the source of the global coronavirus outbreak.
Yesterday, China reported no new coronavirus deaths for the first time since January.
Authorities said there were 32 new cases – all from people who returned from overseas.
China’s figures, 81,639 cases and 3,326 deaths, are generally considered to be understated.
The researchers used a combination of case reports, public health information, and mobile phone location tracking.
A candidate vaccine was developed for SARS but it never went to market.
A study of over 70,000 cases of Covid-19 in China has determined a death rate from the virus of 1.38%.
The flight struck a flock of birds shortly after take-off.
Aer Lingus flight EI9018 left Dublin Airport at 10.53 am this morning.
Only Italy has more deaths than Spain as a result of Covid-19.
Lisa Belmour, from Clare, lives in Hangzhou with her husband.
From midnight tonight, healthy residents will be permitted to travel outside the province.
The Belgium international recently returned to China after a spell in Dubai.
A video showed a toddler being pulled from the rubble and fitted with a face mask afterwards.
In some countries, St Patrick’s Day events have already been cancelled.
He suggested mass gatherings should be avoided immediately and that he supported the government’s view that the Six Nations game should be postponed.
Here at home the National Public Health Emergency Team is meeting to monitor the situation and advance preparedness plans.
Three people have died in Italy, which is experiencing Europe’s first major outbreak of the virus.
There has been 200 suspected cases on the continent but nearly all have been confirmed negative.
The overall figure in the country is 156.
The United States protested what it called an affront to press freedom, one day after it tightened rules on Chinese media organisations.
Irishman Greg McDonough shares his family’s experience while housebound in China during the Covid-19 virus outbreak.
More than 72,000 people have been infected with the virus, also known as Covid-19.
A database profiles the internment of 311 individuals and their relatives abroad.
Cambodia allowed the ship to dock on its southern coast on Thursday.
Chinese authorities reported the number of new cases has fallen for the third straight day.
Washington will send a plane to Japan for the evacuation tomorrow.
Covid-19 has infected almost 64,000 people globally.
Donald Trump has repeatedly raised national security concerns about Huawei.
The number of cases has reached 63,581.
China has reported 1,367 deaths among 52,526 cases on the mainland
In Japan, 39 more people on a quarantined cruise ship have tested positive for Covid-19.
The death toll is beyond that of the outbreak of SARs in 2002.
Under new measures announce today the UK Department of Health said people can be forcibly quarantined.
A reduction in new cases has, however, provided hope the spread of the disease may be slowing.
Five British nationals, including a child, have now tested positive for the virus in France.