Novel coronavirus outbreak puts fresh spotlight on media's racism
4 years, 10 months ago

Novel coronavirus outbreak puts fresh spotlight on media's racism

China Daily  

While covering the World Health Organization news briefings in the past days, I was struck by how many times WHO officials have reminded people to refrain from using the novel coronavirus to stigmatize people. For example, a Feb 3 Wall Street Journal column titled "China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia" by Walter Russell Mead, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute, displayed a total lack of sensitivity and journalistic ethics, especially at a time when people across China were combating the novel coronavirus. The same is true when French newspaper Le Courrier Picard and its online edition ran respective headlines titled "Yellow Alert" and "New Yellow Peril? While the newspaper editor refused to apologize, what makes things worse was Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen who jumped out to eagerly defend the paper's freedom of speech instead of denouncing its insult.

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WHO warns coronavirus is far from settling into endemic situation
2 years, 8 months ago

WHO warns coronavirus is far from settling into endemic situation

Al Jazeera  

WHO official says COVID is still capable of causing huge epidemics. COVID-19 is far from becoming an endemic disease and could still trigger large outbreaks around the globe, the World Health Organization said. “I certainly do not believe we’ve reached anything close to an endemic situation with this virus,” Ryan told a question-and-answer session on the WHO’s social media channels. …

What we don’t know about the Omicron variant
3 years ago

What we don’t know about the Omicron variant

LA Times  

There’s a lot that we don’t know yet about Omicron, the coronavirus variant that’s powering the latest surge in infections. Reported to the World Health Organization less than a month ago, Omicron was responsible for almost three-fourths of U.S. coronavirus infections by Dec. 20. It’ll take weeks, maybe months, to collect all the data for scientists to feel confident giving …

‘This is genocide’: Inside the bizarre rise of coronavirus conspiracy theories
3 years, 5 months ago

‘This is genocide’: Inside the bizarre rise of coronavirus conspiracy theories

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Because they’re part of it too.” Welcome to the West Yorkshire leg of the …

Worried About Coronavirus Variants? Here's What You Need To Know
3 years, 10 months ago

Worried About Coronavirus Variants? Here's What You Need To Know

NPR  

Worried About Coronavirus Variants? Here's What You Need To Know Enlarge this image toggle caption Juan Gaertner/Science Source Juan Gaertner/Science Source Concern about new coronavirus variants has grown quickly in recent months. "It's infected millions of humans around the world now, and it's probably just getting into a more intimate relationship with our species," says Jeremy Kamil of Louisiana State …

Misinformation on covid-19 and 5G spreads rapidly, just like the coronavirus
3 years, 11 months ago

Misinformation on covid-19 and 5G spreads rapidly, just like the coronavirus

Live Mint  

While 5G doesn’t cause covid-19, the rumours around it definitely spread as rapidly as the novel coronavirus, researchers have found out using the same epidemiological models that are employed to calculate the spread of infectious diseases. A team led by researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health, scientists from Harvard Medical School and École Polytechnique Fédérale examined the …

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late
4 years ago

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus — until it was too late

LA Times  

A patient is rushed to intensive care to be intubated and placed on a ventilator at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. https://t.co/b8ZdEGIzyJ — Caitlin Rivers, PhD January 5, 2020 “If you cry wolf too often, people will never pay attention,” said epidemiologist Mark Wilson of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “I wouldn’t criticize people …

The big lesson from coronavirus? We need to listen to the experts
4 years, 5 months ago

The big lesson from coronavirus? We need to listen to the experts

Wired  

One of the myths of the global coronavirus pandemic is that no one could have seen it coming, that Covid-19 was an unanticipated event that emerged without warning or precedent. As the epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who led the WHO programme that eradicated smallpox told me in 2014 when discussing the chances of a more virulent pathogen emerging following the SARS …

WHO warns COVID-19 'getting worse'
4 years, 5 months ago

WHO warns COVID-19 'getting worse'

India TV News  

The World Health Organization said the novel coronavirus was yet to be brought under control "in most of the world", while warning that it was actually "getting worse". Speaking at a briefing on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: "The virus has upended health systems in some of the world's wealthiest nations, while some countries that have mounted a …

Over 6 months into Covid-19 crisis, 5 mysteries that still shroud coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Over 6 months into Covid-19 crisis, 5 mysteries that still shroud coronavirus

Hindustan Times  

More than half of the year has already passed and the coronavirus pandemic does not seem to be slowing down with the global tally crossing 11 million recently. The virus which first broke out in China’s Wuhan last year is yet to see a potential vaccine and treatment options and has many mysteries associated with it that need to be …

Covid-19 Is Bad. But It May Not Be the ‘Big One’
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 Is Bad. But It May Not Be the ‘Big One’

Wired  

In 2005, US government health agencies were obsessed with a disease threat that was rolling across the globe: H5N1 avian flu, which had leaped from wild birds into chickens, and from there into humans, and was killing more than half of the people unlucky enough to become infected with it. In an article for the journal Foreign Affairs, Osterholm laid …

May 5, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 8 months ago

May 5, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Passengers wait in the departure hall of the high speed train station in Hong Kong on January 23. Kin Cheung/AP A new genetic analysis of the virus that causes Covid-19 taken from more than 7,600 patients around the world shows the virus has been circulating in people since late last year, and must have spread extremely quickly after the first …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Friday, April 17
4 years, 8 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Friday, April 17

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the April 17 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. A: “With this respiratory virus, with other coronaviruses, no,” said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 response. China’s economy shrinks for the first time in decades The world’s second-largest economy contracted 6.8% in this year’s first …

Coronavirus Holds A Magnifying Glass To America’s Inequalities And The View Is Brutal
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Holds A Magnifying Glass To America’s Inequalities And The View Is Brutal

Huff Post  

As the coronavirus bears down on the world, it is casting brutal light on societies’ biggest weak points and failings, from structural racism and extreme inequality to waning trust and the deterioration of the public sphere. So the infrastructure’s crumbling in all the different kinds of systems we have.” It reflects an “extreme focus on the market and individual wealth,” …

Do Not Label Any Community Or Area For Spread Of COVID-19 : Health Ministry
4 years, 9 months ago

Do Not Label Any Community Or Area For Spread Of COVID-19 : Health Ministry

Live Law  

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an advisory to address social stigma associated with the Coronavirus outbreak and therefore, curb the prejudices against people and communities, social isolation and stigma in wake of the public health emergency. "Public health emergencies during outbreak of communicable diseases may cause fear and anxiety leading to prejudices against people and communities, …

Professors, Journalists Call Out Fox News’ Coronavirus Misinformation In Scathing Letter
4 years, 9 months ago

Professors, Journalists Call Out Fox News’ Coronavirus Misinformation In Scathing Letter

Huff Post  

Americans consistently rate the Fox News Channel as one of the most trusted TV channels. But viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation relayed by the network—false statements downplaying the prevalence of COVID-19 and its harms; misleading recommendations of activities that people should undertake to protect themselves and others, including …

‘Misinformation kills’: The dangerous link between coronavirus conspiracies and climate denial
4 years, 9 months ago

‘Misinformation kills’: The dangerous link between coronavirus conspiracies and climate denial

Raw Story  

Scientific warnings are being ignored, misinformation is spreading, and prominent Republicans have said that addressing the problem is either too expensive or too difficult. Anchors on Fox News initially denied that the coronavirus was a significant threat, calling concerned scientists and policymakers “panic pushers” conspiring to take down the president. “They perceive it as a threat, in the same way …

Why coronavirus conspiracy theory of Covid-19 being a bio-weapon is wrong
4 years, 9 months ago

Why coronavirus conspiracy theory of Covid-19 being a bio-weapon is wrong

India Today  

A lawsuit has been filed in the US against China seeking compensation more than the gross domestic product of China. Finally when China admitted that it was an outbreak, it pin-pointed the origin of novel coronavirus infection to a seafood and animal meat market in Wuhan. An American singer, Keri Hilson linked the novel coronavirus outbreak with the China's new …

What Africa can teach the world about beating the coronavirus (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

What Africa can teach the world about beating the coronavirus (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Daniel Speckhard is president and CEO of Corus International, parent of international humanitarian organizations Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health. And the head of the World Health Organization has issued a stark warning: “Africa should wake up.” Daniel Speckhard Lutheran World Relief/IMA World Health The rise of Covid-19 comes as an outbreak of another deadly virus, Ebola, …

Trump's baseless accusations harm global efforts to fight coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump's baseless accusations harm global efforts to fight coronavirus

China Daily  

US President Donald Trump addresses his administration's daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2020. However, sadly, that has not stopped President Donald Trump from referring to COVID-19 as "the Chinese virus" which is not only inappropriate but essentially racist and could stir up discriminatory behaviour against people and businesses from China and other …

Coronavirus | Centre asks social media firms to remove false news on COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Centre asks social media firms to remove false news on COVID-19

The Hindu  

Taking cognisance of fake news reports on the Internet, the IT Ministry has asked all social media companies to immediately remove false news spreading misinformation about novel coronavirus from their platform. The Ministry of Electronics and IT issued an advisory on March 20 asking social media companies to inform users about not posting false news that can create panic among …

Coronavirus | A silent scourge that sweeps the globe
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | A silent scourge that sweeps the globe

The Hindu  

An invisible foe has swept the globe, catching countries by surprise with its deadly virulence. Many countries, some faster than others, threw a shield around their travel points when the transmission of the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease became clear. The U.S., most European countries, Canada and Japan, among others, imposed various levels of curbs on the entry of …

Chinese keyword censorship, the coronavirus angle
4 years, 9 months ago

Chinese keyword censorship, the coronavirus angle

Wired  

*Looks like the social media police were at it pretty hot and heavy since December 31st. Picking out and deleting keywords, a rather meticulous process Censored Contagion How Information on the Coronavirus is Managed on Chinese Social Media By Lotus Ruan, Jeffrey Knockel, and Masashi Crete-Nishihata March 3, 2020 Key Findings YY, a live-streaming platform in China, began to censor …

Journalistic challenges in reporting COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Journalistic challenges in reporting COVID-19

The Hindu  

On March 11, the Director-General of the World Health Organization characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic. Tools to evaluate reports The idea of this column is not to praise The Hindu ’s coverage, but to seek feedback on what aspects of its reports worked, what aspects need improvement, and where the paper failed to meet the journalistic standards that I spoke …

Coronavirus changes everything (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus changes everything (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. “Silver’s decision is a sobering but inspiring reminder that true commitment to social responsibility means that capitalism doesn’t always have to mean profits over people,” wrote Roxanne Jones. “But it quickly became apparent that this was one more error-filled display in what has been a grotesque carnival …

Pandemic: WHO declares coronavirus a major global threat
4 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic: WHO declares coronavirus a major global threat

Al Jazeera  

WHO says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by spread and severity and criticises ‘alarming levels of inaction’ over the disease. 🚨 BREAKING 🚨 "We have therefore made the assessment that #COVID19 can be characterized as a pandemic"-@DrTedros #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/JqdsM2051A — World Health Organization March 11, 2020 Major global threat Dr Eric Toner, a senior scientist at John Hopkins Center for Health …

Deeply concerned: WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

Deeply concerned: WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as pandemic

India Today  

The World Health Organization is describing the new coronavirus as a pandemic, it said on Wednesday, adding that Italy and Iran were now in the frontline of the disease and other countries would soon join them. We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference …

Pandemic: The World Health Organization says coronavirus is a ‘never before seen’ outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic: The World Health Organization says coronavirus is a ‘never before seen’ outbreak

CNN  

CNN Films’ documentary “Unseen Enemy: Pandemic” airs Sunday at 12 am ET. CNN — The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza pandemic, sometimes referred to as the “Spanish flu.” The pandemic was estimated to have infected about 500 million people or one-third of …

Coronavirus | China condemns Mike Pompeo’s remarks branding COVID-19 as ‘Wuhan virus’
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus | China condemns Mike Pompeo’s remarks branding COVID-19 as ‘Wuhan virus’

The Hindu  

China on Monday condemned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for branding COVID-19 as the “Wuhan virus”, terming his remarks as “despicable behaviour” and an attempt to stigmatise the Communist nation. Last Friday, Mr. Pompeo repeatedly referred to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan virus”, pointing to the Chinese city where the virus first emerged in December last year and also blamed …

Why CNN is calling the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
4 years, 10 months ago

Why CNN is calling the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This story originally published on March 9. Some of those countries “have had sustained community transmission of a substantial sort,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University professor and longtime adviser to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC says a pandemic is “an epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting …

Not sure what the future holds for the coronavirus? Here is how 3 other infectious outbreaks ended
4 years, 10 months ago

Not sure what the future holds for the coronavirus? Here is how 3 other infectious outbreaks ended

CNN  

CNN — It has been more than a month since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern. That was the case in2014 when an outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa concluded with strains being “interrupted,” the World Health Organization said in March 2016. The outbreak ended aftera “coordinated international response,” said …

Coronavirus Is A Global Threat. Mike Pompeo Won't Say Whether He Thinks It's A Hoax.
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Is A Global Threat. Mike Pompeo Won't Say Whether He Thinks It's A Hoax.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to say that the coronavirus is not a hoax, as President Donald Trump and his allies increasingly try to manage the public health crisis in a way that benefits the president and his public image. It’s not useful,” Pompeo said when Rep. Ted Lieu asked him whether he believed the coronavirus …

A coronavirus outbreak in the US is inevitable. Here is what that means (Opinion)
4 years, 10 months ago

A coronavirus outbreak in the US is inevitable. Here is what that means (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Leana S. Wen is an emergency physician and a visiting professor at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. When Covid-19 was first discovered, US public health officials worked to contain the outbreak with quarantines and travel restrictions. Given the lack of ongoing surveillance and high numbers of people who are not being tested and …

Coronavirus: Your complete guide to the global Covid-19 outbreak
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Your complete guide to the global Covid-19 outbreak

India Today  

A new kind of coronavirus has spread from a central Chinese city to all but two continents, and growing outbreaks outside China have raised fears of a pandemic. The World Health Organisation has declared the the spread of Covid-19 -- the name given to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus -- a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. A …

Coronavirus outbreak is a very dangerous situation for the world, but not out of control: UN Chief
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak is a very dangerous situation for the world, but not out of control: UN Chief

Firstpost  

Guterres’ greatest worry was the spread of the virus to areas that aren’t able to deal with it like some African countries. The U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday the virus outbreak that began in China poses “a very dangerous situation” for the world, but “is not out of control.” Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Antonio Guterres said that …

WHO to not call novel coronavirus by official name
4 years, 10 months ago

WHO to not call novel coronavirus by official name

The Hindu  

Three days after the novel coronavirus got an official name, the World Health Organization has clearly indicated that it will not use the official name in all its public communication while referring to the virus. The same day, in a preprint posted in the bioRxiv repository, the Coronavirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses announced the …

Why it's important that coronavirus was given an official name
4 years, 10 months ago

Why it's important that coronavirus was given an official name

ABC  

Earlier this week the World Health Organisation dubbed the coronavirus disease as COVID-19, which — you could probably guess — stands for Corona Virus Disease 19. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said under the agreed guidelines WHO "had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which …

Novel coronavirus ‘is probably with us beyond this season, beyond this year,’ CDC director says
4 years, 10 months ago

Novel coronavirus ‘is probably with us beyond this season, beyond this year,’ CDC director says

CNN  

CNN — As an outbreak of a novel coronavirus has swept through Hubei province, China, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been preparing for its worst case scenario – a widespread outbreak of illnessesin the United States. “Right now we’re in an aggressive containment mode,” CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay …

WHO names coronavirus as “COVID-19”
4 years, 10 months ago

WHO names coronavirus as “COVID-19”

India TV News  

The new coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people in China and sickened more than 43,000 others globally has been named 'COVID-19', the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. "We had to find a name that did not refer to a geographical location, an animal, an individual or group of people, and which is also pronounceable and related to the …

COVID-19: WHO names disease caused by new coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: WHO names disease caused by new coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

Global health agency says name picked to avoid references to specific location, animal species or group of people. The World Health Organization has announced that “COVID-19” will now be the official name of the disease caused by the new coronavirus from China, saying the disease represented a “very grave threat” for the world but there was a “realistic chance” of …

China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates
4 years, 10 months ago

China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates

Al Jazeera  

The World Health Organization asks countries to be ‘as aggressive as possible’ in combating virus. “If the world doesn’t want to wake up and consider the virus as public enemy number one, I don’t think we will learn from our lessons,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva. New coronavirus will be named ‘Covid-19’: WHO World Health Organization chief …

WHO warns overseas coronavirus spread may be 'tip of the iceberg'
4 years, 10 months ago

WHO warns overseas coronavirus spread may be 'tip of the iceberg'

India TV News  

The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday there have been "concerning instances" of coronavirus among people with no travel history to China, warning that it could be the "tip of the iceberg", as he urged all countries to prepare for the possible arrival of the novel virus that has killed over 900 people. The death toll in …

Coronavirus update: WHO urges 'no stigma' to be associated with novel coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus update: WHO urges 'no stigma' to be associated with novel coronavirus

India TV News  

Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program, urged that no stigma should be associated with the fast-spreading novel coronavirus. Also speaking at the briefing, Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, voiced similar concern. Van Kerkhove said that the WHO has provided an interim name for the disease, calling it the …

What makes novel coronavirus so dangerous? An explainer
4 years, 11 months ago

What makes novel coronavirus so dangerous? An explainer

India Today  

Novel coronavirus, also called Wuhan virus, remains an enigma more than a month after its outbreak in one of China's economic hubs, Wuhan. In the current coronavirus outbreak, through about 25 per cent patients are showing severe respiratory problems, the fatality rate is only around 2-3 per cent. It is curious that the World Health Organisation does not list wearing …

Column: Coronavirus, the outbreak narrative and how our fear fuels our xenophobia and racism
4 years, 11 months ago

Column: Coronavirus, the outbreak narrative and how our fear fuels our xenophobia and racism

LA Times  

On Tuesday, around midnight, someone uploaded a video to Twitter showing emergency vehicles responding to an incident at an apartment complex near USC, the Lorenzo, known to be popular with Chinese international students. “On the one hand, there are public health habits that promote safety and well-being — but these actions often do the insidious work of playing into already …

Dispelling the myths around the new coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 11 months ago

Dispelling the myths around the new coronavirus outbreak

Al Jazeera  

Spread of new type of coronavirus from China accompanied by misinformation and fake claims online. A new coronavirus outbreak, thought to have originated in China‘s central city of Wuhan, has spread to two dozen countries across the globe, killing more than 350 people and infecting thousands. “However, those infected with the virus should receive appropriate care to relieve and treat …

No room for panic: On novel coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

No room for panic: On novel coronavirus

The Hindu  

The Emergency Committee convened by the World Health Organisation on January 30 has declared the novel coronavirus outbreak in China as a ‘ public health emergency of international concern ’, a development that comes after its meeting for the second time in just a week. The virus, that has been infecting hundreds and killing several each day in China, is …

Downloads of a Pandemic-Themed Game Surge As Coronavirus News Spreads
4 years, 11 months ago

Downloads of a Pandemic-Themed Game Surge As Coronavirus News Spreads

Wired  

Interest in the continued spread of the coronavirus has had an unintended side effect for UK-based Ndemic Creations, makers of Plague Inc. At the same time, Ndemic notes that Plague Inc. was "specifically designed … to be realistic and informative, while not sensationalizing serious real-world issues." The company points to a 2013 CDC interview which highlights the online research that …

WHO wants to study Coronavirus before declaring it as a public health emergency
4 years, 11 months ago

WHO wants to study Coronavirus before declaring it as a public health emergency

Live Mint  

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday decided not to declare the outbreak of novel Coronavirus in China as a public health emergency of international concern at this point in time. “The decision about whether or not to declare a public health emergency of international concern is one I take extremely seriously, and one I am only prepared to make with …

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