Wuhan

Thousands of people gather for rave in Wuhan

People in Wuhan, where Covid-19 first emerged, lived through more than two months of stringent restrictions during the world's first coronavirus-induced lockdown. Since then the city has been almost completely virus-free.

WHO: Covid-19 'very likely' first jumped into humans from animals

A joint report by the World Health Organisation and China on the origins of coronavirus, which is expected to be made public on Tuesday, says transmission from bats through another animal was likely scenario.

Italy tightens Covid-19 curbs in several regions – latest updates

The coronavirus has killed over 2.52 million people and infected more than 113.9 million globally. Here are the virus-related developments for February 27:

WHO says coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from lab in China

The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of Covid-19 has failed to identify the source of a pandemic which has swept across the world, but the team has ruled out the Wuhan lab-leak theory propagated by former US President Donald Trump.

WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had first virus patients

Experts from the WHO visit a hospital in Wuhan that treated the world's first coronavirus patients as part of its probe into the virus.

EU imposes export controls on Covid-19 vaccines – latest updates

The Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 101 million people around the world, with over 2.1 million fatalities. Here are updates for January 29:

UK reports new daily high of 1,564 Covid-19 deaths – latest updates

The novel coronavirus has infected over 92 million people globally and claimed more than 1.9 million lives. Here are the updates for January 13:

A year after first death, origins of Covid-19 still shrouded in mystery

Last year on January 11, a 61-year-old man was the first person to die from Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Since then the efforts to study how and where the virus jumped from animals to humans have been blocked by China.

UK's total number of Covid-19 cases surpasses 3M – latest updates

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 89.7 million people globally and claimed over 1.9 million lives. Here are the updates for January 9:

China delays Wuhan access to WHO's Covid-19 team

The 10-strong team was due to arrive in China this week as part of a long-awaited mission to probe early cases of the coronavirus, first reported over a year ago in Wuhan.

2020 rewind: Timeline of Covid-19 pandemic

The global coronavirus pandemic has cast a long pall over 2020. Here are some of the key developments since it was first detected in China's Wuhan city.

Challenges ahead as the search for Covid-19's origin begins

A WHO team attempts to solve the mystery of where SARS-CoV-2 came from and how it jumped onto humans.