British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care on Monday night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him, a Downing Street spokesman said. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to St Thomas’ Hospital in London with “persistent symptoms” on Sunday night, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. The spokesman said the prime minister was moved on the advice of...

China has reported no coronavirus deaths over the past day, in a sign the worst of the outbreak is over for the country. There were also no new locally transmitted infections in the original epicenter of the disease, in Hubei province, and across mainland China, the National Health Commission said. Authorities reported 32 new coronavirus cases among citizens returning from abroad. The commission said that 30 new cases of asymptomatic infections were being monitored, with...

Wuhan, the Chinese metropolis at the origin of the current coronavirus pandemic, is due this week to lift the final restrictions after more than two and a half months of stringent lockdown. From midnight on Wednesday, (1600 GMT on Tuesday) traffic is set to return to normal. Flights are also due to resume, cars will be able to leave the city again and people can travel by train, on condition that they are healthy and...

As COVID-19 spreads and global healthcare systems are getting overwhelmed, governments are implementing measures to curb the viral infection, global businesses have been affected and world’s top billionaires made huge loses in two months that have wiped out all gains made in the past two and a half years, according to Hurun research. The report, released this week, which examined the impact of two months of COVID-19 outbreak on wealth, found that the world’s top...