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Wuhan lab researchers sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed: Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Wuhan lab researchers sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed: Report

Live Mint  

Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, a month before China reported the first cases of COVID-19, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a US intelligence report. China's foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said on Monday that it was "completely untrue" that three members of staff at WIV had fallen ill. …

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Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed, says media report
3 years, 7 months ago

Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed, says media report

The Hindu  

Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report. A National Security Council spokesperson had no comment on the Journal’ s report but said the Biden administration continued to have “serious questions about the …

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WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab

Firstpost  

The team found no proof of the disease spreading earlier than the initial outbreak in the second half of December 2019. The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese …

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Coronavirus | China denies entry to WHO experts
4 years ago

Coronavirus | China denies entry to WHO experts

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation has said it was “very disappointed” that China had not allowed a team of international experts to go ahead with a visit to study the origins of COVID-19 that was planned for this week. “Today, we learned that Chinese officials have not yet finalised the necessary permissions for the team’s arrival in China,” he said in …

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China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging
4 years ago

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, while a surprising – and frustrating – number of points remain unclear, one thing is certain: the first major outbreak was in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Chinese experts disagree however, with Wu himself saying in November that “more and more evidence is showing that frozen …

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Zhang Zhan: Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years
4 years ago

Zhang Zhan: Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shanghai court, her lawyer said Monday. In her indictment, prosecutors accused her of “publishing large amounts of fake information” and receiving interviews from overseas media outlets, including Radio Free Asia and the …

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Symphony dedicated to 2020 premieres in Beijing
4 years, 2 months ago

Symphony dedicated to 2020 premieres in Beijing

China Daily  

This year's Beijing Music Festival raises its curtain with the world premiere of Dedicated to 2020 under the baton of Zou Ye. Titled Dedicated to 2020, the symphony, featuring soprano Zhang Liping, baritone He Leiming－both Wuhan natives－and members of the Wuhan conservatory chorus, premiered during the opening concert of the Beijing Music Festival at Poly Theater in the capital on …

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Pompeo backs away from theory he and Trump were pushing that coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab
4 years, 7 months ago

Pompeo backs away from theory he and Trump were pushing that coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab

CNN  

Washington CNN — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears to be backing away from a theory he and President Donald Trump were pushing that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated at a lab in Wuhan, China. Pompeo said in an interview with Breitbart that aired Saturday that “we know it began in Wuhan, but we don’t know from where or …

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Cymbal of unity
4 years, 9 months ago

Cymbal of unity

China Daily  

Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. As he taking off his headphones, Oscar-winning Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto smiles to the camera and signs off with the words, Dajia Jiayou, while bidding farewell to his audience. Featuring a variety of musical instruments, including piano and percussion, as well as soundscapes generated by synthesizer, the impromptu performance, about 30 minutes long, received warm feedback …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: China to lift travel curbs in Hubei province, end lockdown of Wuhan on 8 April as infections begin to abate
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: China to lift travel curbs in Hubei province, end lockdown of Wuhan on 8 April as infections begin to abate

Firstpost  

Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus cases were first detected in December last year on Monday reported one new confirmed case of the COVID-19 after reporting zero cases for five consecutive days Beijing/Wuhan: China on Tuesday said it will lift the travel curbs in Hubei province, where the deadly coronavirus first emerged last year, on Wednesday and will …

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Donald Trump administration labels COVID-19 pandemic 'Made in China', defend US government's handling of outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Donald Trump administration labels COVID-19 pandemic 'Made in China', defend US government's handling of outbreak

Firstpost  

There’s one thing the Trump administration wants Americans to remember about the coronavirus pandemic: It carries the ‘Made in China’ label. Washington: There’s one thing the Trump administration wants Americans to remember about the coronavirus pandemic: It carries the “Made in China” label. Trump administration officials, on the defensive about their own handling of the virus, have repeatedly reminded people …

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Why The Death Rate From Coronavirus Is Plunging In China
4 years, 10 months ago

Why The Death Rate From Coronavirus Is Plunging In China

NPR  

Why The Death Rate From Coronavirus Is Plunging In China When it comes to the spiraling global coronavirus outbreak, scientists are still trying to pin down the answer to a basic question: How deadly is this virus? Outside of Wuhan — the city at the epicenter of the outbreak — the death rate in China has been much lower: about …

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February 15, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

February 15, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing a major challenge to his vast system of censorship and information control, but history does not bode well for those arrayed against him. Following revelations that authorities in Wuhan downplayed news of the coronavirus outbreak in December and silenced whistleblowers, there have been numerous calls for freedom of speech and a relaxation of censorship. …

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Over 1,700 frontline medics likely infected with coronavirus in China, presenting new crisis for the government
4 years, 10 months ago

Over 1,700 frontline medics likely infected with coronavirus in China, presenting new crisis for the government

CNN  

CNN — Ning Zhu, a nurse in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of a deadly coronavirus outbreak, is restless. For example, at Zhongnan Hospital, one of the 61 hospitals dealing with cases, 40 health care workers had been infected, accounting for nearly 30% of the 138 coronavirus patients admitted by the hospital from January 1 to 28, …

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Amazon, Sony to skip Mobile World Congress 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 10 months ago

Amazon, Sony to skip Mobile World Congress 2020 due to coronavirus outbreak

India Today  

After LG, ZTE and Ericsson, Amazon and Sony are the latest companies to pull out of Mobile World Congress 2020 due to the Coronavirus outbreak. An Amazon spokesperson told Techcrunch that the company will not participate in the exhibition.Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about novel coronavirus, Amazon will withdraw from exhibiting and participating in Mobile World Congress 2020, …

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Coronavirus | China virus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS toll
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | China virus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS toll

The Hindu  

The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 900 in mainland China on February 10, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be stabilising. A WHO “international expert mission” left late on February 9 for China, the agency's director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Twitter. China's …

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Where's Xi Jinping? China's leader commands fight against coronavirus outbreak from safe heights
4 years, 11 months ago

Where's Xi Jinping? China's leader commands fight against coronavirus outbreak from safe heights

Firstpost  

Xi Jinping has backed out of the spotlight as China faces its worst crisis in years, reflecting the political risks he faces if efforts to contain the virus fail. “Xi’s grip on power is not light,” said Jude Blanchette, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “While the ham-fisted response to this crisis …

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Coronavirus whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang dies from infection in Wuhan, local hospital says
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang dies from infection in Wuhan, local hospital says

ABC  

A Wuhan hospital says a Chinese doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak of coronavirus only to be reprimanded by police has died from the virus, amid confusion over earlier reports of his death and then resuscitation. Key points: Li Wenliang was reprimanded by local police after trying to warn medics of the outbreak He was later diagnosed with …

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Coronavirus death toll in China rises to 560, over 3000 new cases reported
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus death toll in China rises to 560, over 3000 new cases reported

The Hindu  

The number of confirmed fatalities from China's coronavirus outbreak rose to at least 560, after authorities in hardest-hit Hubei province reported 70 new deaths on February 6. In its daily update, the health commission in Hubei also confirmed the number of confirmed infections in the outbreak has reached 28,018 nationwide with 3,694 new cases reported. The epidemic, which has spiralled …

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Coronavirus: deaths in China rise to 490, over 20 countries confirm positive cases
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: deaths in China rise to 490, over 20 countries confirm positive cases

The Hindu  

The number of people killed in China by the coronavirus outbreak jumped on February 5 to 490, after hardest-hit Hubei province reported 65 more people had died — the biggest single-day tally since the first fatalities emerged last month. Three districts in Hangzhou — including the area where the main office of Chinese tech giant Alibaba is based — now …

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Coronavirus: China opens virus hospital, steadies markets as toll grows
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: China opens virus hospital, steadies markets as toll grows

India Today  

China sent medical workers and equipment to a newly built hospital, infused cash into financial markets and further restricted people's movement in sweeping new steps Monday to contain a rapidly spreading virus and its escalating impact. China's updated figures of 361 deaths and 2,829 new cases over the last 24 hours, bringing the Chinese total to 17,205 cases, come as …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: ITBP creates 600-bedded facility in south Delhi
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: ITBP creates 600-bedded facility in south Delhi

India TV News  

Border guarding force ITBP has prepared a 600-bedded facility in Delhi to quarantine and provide basic medical care to those suspected to have been affected by coronavirus, a senior official said on Friday. The facility is operational in an Indo-Tibetan Border Police camp in south-west Delhi's Chhawla area, its spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said. The about 90,000 personnel strong force …

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UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China
4 years, 11 months ago

UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week. Experts say there is significant evidence the virus is spreading among people in China and have noted with …

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WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency
4 years, 11 months ago

WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency

NPR  

WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency Enlarge this image toggle caption Kin Cheung/AP Kin Cheung/AP Updated at 9:40 p.m. "The vast majority of those cases are still associated with travel to Wuhan," said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's health emergencies program. "We know that this virus can cause severe disease and that it can kill, …

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