Panic caused by an epidemic is worse than the epidemic itself; we do not leave the houses to avoid infection - says a resident of Wuhan in central China, which was virtually cut off from the world due to the new coronavirus epidemic.more
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged the UK to reconsider allowing Huawei to have a role in its 5G system, ahead of talks with Boris Johnson.more
Sooner or later, the coronavirus will reach Poland and it will not be anything extraordinary, we are prepared for it - said Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski today.more
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would help fund two aircraft to bring European Union citizens back from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak.more
Boris Johnson appears to have averted a full-blown confrontation with the White House over Huawei, after the government designated the Chinese technology firm a "high-risk vendor" and imposed a cap on its involvement in building the UK's 5G telecoms network.more
British Airways has suspended all direct flights to China after the Foreign Office urged Britons not to travel to the country in response to coronavirus. more
Previous observations show that, on average, every fourth case of Wuhan coronavirus infection is serious, i.e. it cannot be compared to just a common cold, experts say.more
Public Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle suspects there could already be cases of coronavirus in the UK, but insisted the country is 'well prepared' for an outbreak.more
The Chopin Airport services monitor the situation and follow the recommendations of European and world organizations dealing with health protection regarding coronavirus; the port is prepared for epidemiological threats - said the spokesman Piotr Rudzki.more
China has stepped up its efforts to stop the dangerous coronavirus, including announcing the closing of sections of the Great Wall and Disneyland in Shanghai. Due to the epidemic in Wuhan, a hospital for 1,000 beds is to be built at an express pace.more
Passengers arriving from China are asked to fill out the Passenger Location Card from today - said Piotr Rudzki, spokesman for the Warsaw Chopin Airport. The recommendation was issued in connection with the threat of Wuhan coronavirus.more
At least 25 people have died amid an outbreak of a new coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in mainland China, with most cases recorded in the central Hubei province, local media reported Friday. more
People arriving at Heathrow from the Chinese city hit by a coronavirus outbreak will enter through a separate area in an attempt to prevent the virus from reaching the UK, the transport secretary has said.more
PLL LOT uruchomił wczoraj liczne rejsy z Warszawy do jednego z największych lotnisk świata - Pekinu-Daxing w Chinach. To drugi port w Pekinie, do, które trzeba użyć latały maszyny polskiego przewoźnika. Opcje to, że LOT będzie latał do Chin codziennie, ty razy w tygodniu.more
Tesco has suspended production of charity Christmas cards at a factory in China after a six-year-old girl found a message from workers inside one.
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Britain urged China on Thursday to open dialogue with Hong Kong protesters and respect the commitments it made 35 years ago in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.more
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people today began a pro-democratic march authorized by the authorities. Even before it began, the police threatened to use tear gas and reported the detention of 11 people for having weapons, including a pistol.more
629 women and girls from Pakistan were sold as brides to China, reports AP today. The agency received a list of aggrieved women from Pakistani investigators who decided to break the networks of human traffickers using the poor and defenseless, including Christians.more
As many as 65 key Swedish companies, including the Volvo Cars car manufacturer, Radisson hotel network or Spotify streaming service, have been fully or partially taken over by Chinese investors.more