Tag: Wuhan

9 February 2021, 12:43 PM

The head of the World Health Organisation-led team in the central Chinese city of Wuhan probing the origins of COVID-19 ...

At the end of January, the team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan visited a wholesale seafood centre where the new coronavirus was initially detected.

Coronavirus virus originated from zoonotic transmission: China’s National Health Commission

by Lebo Tshangela

31 January 2021, 12:00 PM

The head of the expert group on the coronavirus outbreak at China's National Health Commission, Liang Wannian, says the discovery ...

Opposition parties have raised concerns about a lack of details on the vaccine distribution process.

Algeria launches coronavirus vaccination campaign

by Busisiwe Radebe

31 January 2021, 10:00 AM

Algeria launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign on Saturday, a day after receiving its first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, ...

Optical shops are seen open which were originally at the second floor of the Huanan seafood market, where the coronavirus believed to have first surfaced, almost a year after the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

WHO team to visit Wuhan market, where first COVID infections seen

by Busisiwe Radebe

A World Health Organisation-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was ...

China managed to quash the virus months later with strict control measures and life in Wuhan has largely returned to normal.

Chinese government film marks year since Wuhan lockdown

by Bomkazi Malobola

22 January 2021, 6:05 PM

China premiered a patriotic documentary film on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of Wuhan’s coronavirus lockdown, part of a ...

Last week, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus said he was "very disappointed" that China had still not authorised the team's entry for the long-awaited mission, but on Monday welcomed China's announcement of their planned arrival.

WHO team heads to China in search of COVID origins

14 January 2021, 3:40 AM

28 December 2020, 11:06 AM

An international team of scientists led by the World Health Organisation was set to arrive in the central Chinese city ...

Police vehicles are seen outside Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court before the trial of citizen-journalist Zhang Zhan in Shanghai, China, December 28 2020.

China jails citizen-journalist for four years over Wuhan virus reporting

by Paballo Lephaka

A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of ...

Wuhan residents say they hope WHO team finds virus origins

17 December 2020, 8:00 PM

11 December 2020, 3:00 PM

With investigators from the World Health Organisation (WHO) set to visit China next year, residents of Wuhan are saying they ...

One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip ...

Mink appear to be susceptible to the new virus and "good reservoirs" for the virus, the WHO said on Thursday.

FACTBOX-What we know about Denmark’s mink coronavirus strain

by Wendy Mothata

8 November 2020, 4:17 AM

6 September 2020, 9:26 AM

Denmark has discovered a new, mutated strain of the coronavirus stemming from mink farms in the northern part of the ...

A blocked entrance to Huanan seafood market, where the coronavirus that can cause COVID-19 is believed to have first surfaced, is seen in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

Huanan seafood market, suspected as origin of COVID-19, off-limits as China’s Wuhan City touts recovery

by Celestine Hendricks

The Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, believed by many to be the origin of the COVID-19 ...

By the end of last month, Breede Valley reported 2 727 cases, of which 287 were still active, with 70 deaths.

WHO says China team interviewed Wuhan scientists over virus origins

4 August 2020, 5:46 PM

A World Health Organisation team in China to probe the origins of COVID-19 had “extensive discussions” and exchanges with scientists ...

39-year-old Nakedi Tebatso Ntshane passed away on Sunday following cancer-related complications

Cancer not COVID-19 claimed the life of pilot in Wuhan repatriation mission: Family

26 May 2020, 9:31 PM

The family of the female pilot, who was part of the first crew to repatriate South Africans out of Wuhan, ...

Wuhan will conduct tests on everyone in the city, with the goal of getting a clear number of asymptomatic cases as businesses and schools reopen.

China’s Wuhan says tested almost a third of residents for coronavirus since April

15 May 2020, 5:32 AM

Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, has tested over 3 million residents for the pathogen ...

The report said Wuhan has identified several asymptomatic cases every day recently.

China’s Wuhan says it has tested almost a third of its citizens for coronavirus

15 May 2020, 3:26 AM

China's Wuhan said on Friday it has tested over 3 million of its 11 million citizens for the coronavirus, as ...

People wearing face masks walk inside a subway station during morning rush hour, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China May 11, 2020.

China calls for coronavirus vigilance, warns against complacency

12 May 2020, 10:32 PM

Chinese health authorities called on Tuesday called for vigilance to be maintained against the novel coronavirus as new clusters emerge, ...

The five new confirmed cases, all from the same residential compound, come amid efforts to ease restrictions across China as businesses restart and individuals get back to work.

China’s Wuhan reports first coronavirus cluster since lockdown lifted

11 May 2020, 10:14 PM

Wuhan reported its first cluster of coronavirus infections since a lockdown on the city, the epicentre of the outbreak in ...

Unreliable testing could undermine strategies not just for stopping the virus but for opening up locked-down economies, as pressure grows on governments around the world to ease restrictions.

Three negatives and a positive: problems with coronavirus tests in China

23 April 2020, 4:13 AM