The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 7,151,267, according to Johns Hopkins University. The worldwide death toll has hit 407,145. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker charts: […]
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Coronavirus latest: Wuhan tests 10m and finds no COVID-19 cases
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 6,259,887, according to Johns Hopkins University. The worldwide death toll has hit 375,208. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker charts: […]
Key piece in the Wuhan puzzle, China’s ‘bat woman’ goes dark
BEIJING/TOKYO — Early this month, as top U.S. officials suggested that the novel coronavirus could have leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, reports surfaced in Western media that a leading researcher at the institute had fled to France with her family and 1,000 pages of confidential research. Shi Zhengli, […]
Coronavirus latest: Wuhan doubles daily virus testing
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 4,534,731, according to the World Health Organization. The worldwide death toll has hit 307,537. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker […]
Japan prepares for next Operation Wuhan with ‘mobile consulate’
TOKYO — Japan’s Foreign Ministry will launch a program to send out teams of “mobile consulates” to assist citizens stranded far away from diplomatic missions, using the lessons gleaned from the pandemic that necessitated mass evacuations from Wuhan, China. The ministry will also launch an online system that will simultaneously […]
Wuhan to test entire 11m population as infections reemerge
Wuhan is setting out to test all 11 million people in the central China metropolis where the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged after new infections appeared more than a month after it ended a lockdown. District officials in the city confirmed with Caixin that they received orders to submit plans to arrange nucleic acid […]
Coronavirus latest: New local cases in Wuhan raise concerns about second wave
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 3,925,815, according to the World Health Organization. The worldwide death toll has hit 274,488. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker […]
Coronavirus latest: New local cases in Wuhan raises concerns of second wave
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 3,925,815, according to the World Health Organization. The worldwide death toll has hit 274,488. To see how the disease has spread, view our virus tracker […]
Trump ups China blame game, pushes Wuhan lab theory
NEW YORK — During a 43-minute virtual town hall meeting on Sunday night, U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned China more than 40 times, as he renewed his attack on the Asian country for mishandling the initial steps in the coronavirus outbreak. “This should have been stopped in China. It should have been […]
What I learned from two months under coronavirus lockdown in Wuhan
WUHAN, China — The day before my departure from Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 20, I received a message from my aunt in Wuhan: “Don’t come back. The virus is spreading.” Thinking of my parents and the rare chance to spend the Chinese New Year together after six years of separation, I […]