Covid cases in China touch 900 million – study

It ranks Gansu province, where 91% of the people are reported to be infected, at the top, followed by Yunnan (84%) and Qinghai (80%). Covid cases in China touch 900 million – study}

Itaewon crowd crush: Senior officials spared blame in report

Son Je-hwan, director of a special police division formed to investigate the tragedy, said it was “difficult” to say that city officials, the national police and the interior ministry, which oversees South Korea’s police, had violated their duties. Itaewon crowd crush: Senior officials spared blame in report}

China Covid: New year optimism sees hopes of moving beyond virus

You still need a PCR test before flying and arriving passengers fill in a health declaration form, accessible via phone apps. This then generates a temporary QR code. You scan the code when you come through the airport and then, after clearing immigration, simply walk out and into China. China Covid: New year optimism sees […]

Police question four suspects over UK lorry deaths

Image copyright PA Media Image caption The bodies were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday Police are continuing to question four suspects over the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found inside a lorry in Essex. A man was detained at Stansted Airport on Friday on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic […]

Essex lorry deaths: Vietnamese families fear relatives among dead

Image copyright Family of Pham Tra My Image caption Pham Thi Tra My’s brother said the family had arranged for £30,000 to be paid to smugglers At least six of the 39 people found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex may have been from Vietnam. The BBC knows of six Vietnamese families who fear […]

Essex lorry deaths: Two held on suspicion of manslaughter

Image copyright PA Media Image caption The bodies were discovered in the early hours of Wednesday Two people have been arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. The man and woman, both 38, from Warrington, Cheshire, were also held on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic. […]

UK lorry deaths: What we know

Media captionAerial footage shows police activity around the lorry where the bodies were found The bodies of 39 people were found in a lorry trailer in Essex in eastern England on 23 October. Three people, including the driver, have been arrested and a murder investigation has been launched. Essex Police said they were working “to […]

UK police removing bodies of 39 Chinese nationals

Media captionThirty nine bodies were found in the trailer container Police have begun the process of moving the bodies of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex. Eleven of the victims – believed to be Chinese nationals – were taken by ambulance from the Port of Tilbury to Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford. Police […]

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