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Laurie Chen
Reporter, China
Laurie Chen worked for the Post from 2017 until 2020. She holds a master's degree in journalism at City University, London. Originally from the UK, she studied English literature at University College London.
Decline in confirmed cases raises hopes Covid-19 may soon reach its peak, but scientists warn new method of counting may be the reason.
Chinese scientist warns Covid-19 may become an established illness like flu as mainland reports its lowest number of new cases since Wuhan lockdown began.
Another Wuhan doctor says she was silenced after raising concerns about human-to-human transmission.
After displays of xenophobia during the coronavirus outbreak, man’s public plea in Florence prompts ‘beautiful’ response as video is widely shared on Facebook.
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Identifying how long it takes before carriers start to spread the disease could prove key to curbing the spread of Covid-19.
Hubei health authority says new infection numbers have fallen 57 per cent in six days, but scientists caution that factors such as under-reporting could change this.
The number of fatalities continues to rise but signs of stabilisation in new cases at the epicentre.
The new contagion may be far less deadly than severe acute respiratory syndrome but it has already infected more than four times as many people.
34-year-old ophthalmologist Li Wenliang hailed as a hero and martyr on social media.
While most of those interviewed have not experienced extreme bigotry themselves, they say they see daily ‘microaggressions’ become more common.
Death toll in China rises to 636, with 3,143 new cases on Thursday.
Party secretary and township mayor sacked; other officials found responsible in death of Yan Cheng can expect to be disciplined, say investigators in Hubei.
A fortnight has passed since tough travel restrictions went into effect in Wuhan and surrounding cities.
Medical workers treating people infected with the coronavirus in the central China city say they are fighting more than just a virus outbreak.
Father’s post to Weibo says teenager with cerebral palsy had no food, drink or personal hygiene care for nearly a week.
Number of cases of the pneumonia-like illness has surpassed the total for severe acute respiratory syndrome in the mainland 17 years ago.
Zhong Nanshan, the man who fought Sars, says wave of infections will slow in early February; public health expert in Hong Kong disagrees.
Wuhan residents share their experiences on social media, including platforms beyond the Chinese ‘Great Firewall’.
Streams from the construction sites of two new temporary medical facilities at the epicentre of the outbreak attract a supportive audience.
Is there a cure? Does folk medicine work? Answering the questions about the epidemic that has sparked a torrent of rumour-mongering on social media.
In country where apps and state surveillance are unavoidable, many worry about security, but some ‘just believe or assume that all hope is lost’.
Central military command orders PLA medical personnel based in the city to help civilian doctors and nurses.
The deaths include the first reported outside the epicentre around Wuhan, while the number of infected doctors and nurses is higher than reported, sources say.
Workers paid three times their usual wage to get emergency facility built within six days.
Experts from three American institutes are working with a team from Fudan University in Shanghai to develop a vaccine.
Almost half the fatalities were 80 years or older, all of them from Hubei province.
Prevention and control in hospitals is key to controlling outbreak, disease specialist says.
Quarantine the most effective way to stop further spread of coronavirus, Sars expert says.
The self-governed island has recorded its first case of the coronavirus but its exclusion from the World Health Organisation risks hampering efforts to stop its spread.
Author of landmark workplace harassment survey was arrested three months ago for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’. She is ‘healthy and still in good spirits’ while ‘under heavy surveillance’, a source tells the Post.
