1News

What we know about the deadly coronavirus outbreak

January 30, 2020

The virus originated in Wuhan, China with many people dead and thousands infected. (Source: Other)

At least 170 people have died and thousands more are infected after the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China.

1 NEWS at 6pm presenter Wendy Petrie runs us through what we know about the virus.

World Health Explainers Coronavirus Pandemic

SHARE ME

More Stories

HIV cases have increased at pace, tied to a rise in drug users injecting. Composite image: Vinay Ranchhod.

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver investigates the drug-fuelled increase in cases of HIV in Fiji, and what the country is doing to tackle the problem.

Sat, Sep 13

4:03

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, during a statement at Marienborg, Denmark

Over 350 Greenlandic women forcibly given contraception by Danish officials

The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, were either fitted with IUDs or given a hormonal birth control injection.

Wed, Sep 10

1:30

Catalent's MindMed's formulation of LSD.

LSD shows promise for reducing anxiety in drugmaker's study

After 12 weeks, 65% of patients taking the most effective LSD dose continued to show benefits and nearly 50% were deemed to be in remission.

Fri, Sep 5

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

RFK Jr tries to defend Covid vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr faced pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Friday.

Fri, Sep 5

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Xi and Putin's hot mic moment: How long will science extend human life span?

The brief exchange was captured on a live news video feed of Xi and Putin as they walked on a red carpet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the head of a large cluster of high-level guests.

Fri, Sep 5

1:30

Study reveals mental and medical toll of severe pregnancy nausea

A Flinders University study showed 54% of women affected by hyperemesis gravidarum considered terminating their pregnancy.

Thu, Sep 4

LSD shows promise for reducing anxiety in drugmaker's study

After 12 weeks, 65% of patients taking the most effective LSD dose continued to show benefits and nearly 50% were deemed to be in remission.

Fri, Sep 5

RFK Jr tries to defend Covid vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr faced pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Friday.

Fri, Sep 5

Xi and Putin's hot mic moment: How long will science extend human life span?

The brief exchange was captured on a live news video feed of Xi and Putin as they walked on a red carpet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the head of a large cluster of high-level guests.

Fri, Sep 5

1:30

Study reveals mental and medical toll of severe pregnancy nausea

A Flinders University study showed 54% of women affected by hyperemesis gravidarum considered terminating their pregnancy.

Thu, Sep 4

HIV, the 'explosive epidemic': Fiji suffers world's fastest spread

Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver investigates the drug-fuelled increase in cases of HIV in Fiji, and what the country is doing to tackle the problem.

Sat, Sep 13

4:03

Over 350 Greenlandic women forcibly given contraception by Danish officials

The Inuit victims, many of them teenagers at the time, were either fitted with IUDs or given a hormonal birth control injection.

Wed, Sep 10

1:30

LSD shows promise for reducing anxiety in drugmaker's study

After 12 weeks, 65% of patients taking the most effective LSD dose continued to show benefits and nearly 50% were deemed to be in remission.

Fri, Sep 5

RFK Jr tries to defend Covid vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr faced pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on Friday.

Fri, Sep 5

Xi and Putin's hot mic moment: How long will science extend human life span?

The brief exchange was captured on a live news video feed of Xi and Putin as they walked on a red carpet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the head of a large cluster of high-level guests.

Fri, Sep 5

1:30

Study reveals mental and medical toll of severe pregnancy nausea

A Flinders University study showed 54% of women affected by hyperemesis gravidarum considered terminating their pregnancy.

Thu, Sep 4

VIEW MORE HEALTH STORIES

Latest

Popular

8:10pm

'Two to three hundred in every region': Tamariki on kōhanga waitlists

2:20

The Kōhanga Reo National Trust says it’s been severely underfunded for years.

7:38pm

Submachine gun found in Airbnb as police bust alleged drug-smuggling ring

A firearm found as part of Operation Mexted. (Source: NZ Police)

7:20pm

Auckland club raising the next generation of Black Ferns