Wuhan
Mystery still shrouds Covid-19 origin
The World Health Organization has assembled an international team of 10 scientists to trace the origins of the virus.
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'I died too': A year after outbreak, Wuhan kin struggle to move on
Zhong Hanneng still struggles to sleep or eat following the death of her son from the disease nearly 10 months ago, and says friends and relatives are shunning her family because of lingering fears of infection.
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Rebound and reflection in Wuhan as virus claims million lives
Wuhan, the central Chinese city and ground zero of the virus, has flaunted its rebound with packed pool parties and bustling amusement parks.
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Wuhan, Ground Zero for COVID-19 epidemic, reopens all schools
Nearly 1.4 million students resumed classes at some 2,800 kindergartens, primary and middle schools across the city, following the reopening of high schools in May.
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New virus cases spark alarm in China's Xinjiang
At least five cases linked to Urumqi have been discovered, including a man who was confirmed positive after he travelled from the city to the eastern province of Zhejiang.
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Chinese capital and provinces impose travel curbs as coronavirus cases mount
The new outbreak in Beijing has been traced to the sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food centre in the southwest of Beijing where thousands of tonnes of vegetables, fruit and meat change hands each day.
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China reports 57 new virus cases as Beijing cluster grows
The NHC said 36 of the new cases were local transmissions in the capital, and Beijing health officials said later that all three dozen were linked to the Xinfadi market.
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New domestic cases in Beijing raise fears of new virus wave
The majority of China's cases in recent months were overseas nationals tested as they returned home, with the domestic outbreak brought largely under control .
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Coronavirus may have spread in Wuhan in August, but China dismissive
The research used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan - where the disease was first identified in late 2019 - and data for symptom-related queries on search engines for things such as 'cough' and 'diarrhoea'.
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Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses: Chinese state media
Scientists think COVID-19 -- which first emerged in Wuhan and has killed some 340,000 people worldwide -- originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal.
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Trump blames Chinese 'incompetence' for 'mass Worldwide killing'
An early morning tweet, which also referred to an unidentified "wacko in China," was the latest heated rhetoric from the White House, where US President Trump is making attacks on Beijing a centerpiece of his November reelection bid.
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China reports six new coronavirus cases, including one in Wuhan
The National Health Commission (NHC) said in its daily bulletin that three of the six new cases were imported. The imported cases were all in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia.
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Fearing second infection wave, China's Wuhan ramps up virus tests
Fears of second-round infections just as businesses and schools reopen flared at the weekend after Wuhan reported a cluster of cases, the first since a lockdown was lifted.
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Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000 – Reuters tally
The United States responsible for more than a quarter of all fatalities, the UK and Italy accounted for another 10-11% each, while France and Spain accounted for 9% each.
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China's Wuhan says it has tested almost a third of its citizens for coronavirus
The Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak said it plans to conduct nucleic acid tests for all citizens in an attempt to assess asymptomatic numbers, according to a Thursday report by the official Xinhua news agency.
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WHO stresses need to find source of coronavirus
The outbreak has triggered a fierce diplomatic spat between China and the United States - with the World Health Organisation at the centre of the row.
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Wuhan to test entire population after new virus cluster: state media
The plan comes after Wuhan reported the first cluster of new COVID-19 infections since the city reopened after a 76-day lockdown on 8 April.
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China's ground zero reports virus infections
On Sunday authorities acknowledged one person had tested positive for the virus in Wuhan, followed by another five on Monday.
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Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan
Of the new cases reported on Sunday, seven were so-called imported cases in Inner Mongolia involving travellers from overseas, compared with two reported a day earlier.
