Infectious diseases
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Coronavirus: China prisons report 500 cases, as virus spreads in South Korea – live updates
Wuhan’s women’s prison director sacked as 230 inmates test positive for illness; South Korea adds 52 new cases…
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Coronavirus: cruise ship accounts for more than half of cases outside China – latest news
WHO issues latest briefing; South Korean city sees surge in cases; and two Japanese passengers from stricken D…
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Foreign Office tells Britons not to leave cruise ship struck by coronavirus
Passengers who disembark Diamond Princess may not be allowed to board evacuation flight later in week, FCO war…
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Australians stuck on coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship prepare to evacuate to Darwin
About 200 Australians face another 14 days of isolation after more than two weeks in quarantine on the ship in…
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Health experts question coronavirus quarantine measures on cruise ship
Keeping passengers on ship may have helped spread of coronavirus, says one lawyerQuarantine conditions imposed…
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British couple on Diamond Princess test positive for coronavirus
David and Sally Abel announce positive test, as UK says it is trying to organise evacuation of British passeng…
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Coronavirus: Japan to trial HIV antiretroviral drugs on patients – latest news
UK prepares evacuation flight for cruise ship passengers. Follow the latest newsBritish couple on Diamond Prin…
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Heathrow hotel block-booked as coronavirus quarantine facility
Holiday Inn will be used for those considered to be at risk but with nowhere else to goCoronavirus latest - li…
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Americans evacuated from coronavirus-hit cruise ship return to US
Passengers flown from Japan after being stuck onboard now face 14 days in quarantineCoronavirus - live updates…
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Australians trapped on cruise ship in Japan will be flown to NT camp – and more quarantine
More than 200 people caught on Diamond Princess by the coronavirus outbreak will be taken to camp outside Darw…
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Coronavirus: 99 more cases confirmed on cruise ship – live news
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as Japan warns outbreak ‘entering new phase’. Follow latest updatesRussian …
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Coronavirus: Australia devising plan to evacuate citizens on board cruise ship
Of nearly 200 Australians on Diamond Princess, only those who are well will be evacuated, and those who test p…
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Coronavirus: US evacuates Americans onboard cruise ship
Diamond Princess evacuations begin as China announces death toll in country up to 1,665Hundreds of Americans h…
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Coronavirus: 70 more cases on Japan cruise ship as China infections pass 68,000
US, Canada and Hong Kong offer citizens on Diamond Princess flights home as death toll inside China reaches 1,…
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Pressure grows on UK to rescue citizens from coronavirus-stricken ship
Passengers on Diamond Princess liner ‘disillusioned’ with government over lack of action• All the day’s develo…
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US to evacuate citizens from coronavirus-hit cruise ship
About 380 US citizens on quarantined Diamond Princess to be flown home from JapanHundreds of American passenge…
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Briton tests positive for coronavirus on cruise ship off Japan
Princess Cruises says one British man among further 41 to have contracted virus onboardCoronavirus – latest up…
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‘The luxury days are gone’: life on cruise ship stricken by coronavirus
Passengers on the Diamond Princess are experiencing fear, uncertainty and dark humourCoronavirus – latest upda…
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Coronavirus: Chinese doctor who warned about outbreak ‘dies from infection’ – latest news
Dr Li Wenliang dies in Wuhan, state media says, as UK confirms third case and 10 more people on cruise ship of…
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Tokyo Olympics chief says coronavirus could disrupt Games
Toshiro Muto ‘seriously worried’ about spread of virus with 170 days to goA senior Olympic official in Japan h…