coronavirus

Students ‘abandoned’ in Wuhan

Africa Simon Allison - 21 Feb 2020

Africans living in China want to be evacuated

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Article Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

Stay in China, government tells homesick South Africans

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Chris Gilili - 21 Feb 2020

As ‘impisoned’ children at epicentre cry to be reunited with their parents, top official says families mustn’t be ungrateful

China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘racist’ headline

Article Agency - 19 Feb 2020

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Journal op-ed — titled China is the Real Sick Man of Asia — had a "racially discriminatory" and "sensational" headline

WHO urges calm as China coronavirus death toll reaches 2000

Article Laurent Thomet - 19 Feb 2020

More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries

South Africans stuck in China are desperate to escape coronavirus ‘prison’

Article Sarah Smit & Chris Gilili - 14 Feb 2020

But the department of international relations and co-operation claims they are comfortable and taken care of

SA’s quarantine plan for coronavirus

Article Athandiwe Saba & Thanduxolo Jika - 14 Feb 2020

A small Free State dorp and 14 days of isolation — this is the plan for citizens returning from China, to prevent a potential outbreak of the disease

Spend less on arms and more on science

Analysis Julie Sunderland - 14 Feb 2020

We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens

Will the coronavirus cause a major growth slowdown in China?

Analysis Shang-Jin Wei - 4 Feb 2020

The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China’s largest cities and a major domestic transport...

The coronavirus is a disease of Chinese autocracy

Analysis Minxin Pei - 3 Feb 2020

An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China,...

China coughs, investors catch a chill

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 31 Jan 2020

The outbreak of the coronavirus is having a negative effect on global markets

Life in the time of coronavirus

Analysis Paddy Harper - 31 Jan 2020

Self-diagnosis and symptoms are recipe for paranoia — just see the doc, take the meds and Bob’s your uncle

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