China has always censored how much inside information is revealed to the world. With the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the nation, many have accused Beijing of remaining tight-lipped about the matter, worsening the situation in the process. Not transparent enough about coronavirus The first to speak out against the state restrictions on information sharing was ...
Coronavirus infections in mainland China have risen sharply again, with nearly 3,700 additional cases and 73 new deaths reported on February 5 alone, authorities said. China’s total confirmed cases now top 31,000 with more than 4,000 of them critical. The increase continues a trend of daily jumps in confirmed cases. China has reported more than 637 ...
The coronavirus outbreak has killed at least 362 people globally, according to Chinese and World Health Organization (WHO) data. At this writing, Chinese officials reported a surge in new cases where the death toll rose to at least 361 with nearly 3,000 new cases recorded in the country in the past 24 hours, raising the number of confirmed ...
Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, a Harvard epidemiologist and health economist, has warned that the Chinese coronavirus spreading fast throughout the world could turn out to be a major pandemic. The academic quoted a study showing that the basic reproduction number of the infection (R0) is 3.8. By contrast, the seasonal flu attack in most years only ...
About 195 American citizens from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, have been evacuated according to U.S. officials. The people are currently in quarantine at a Californian airbase where they are being medically evaluated and will remain for about three days. As the plane landed on U.S. soil, the people apparently “cheered loudly” according to ...
As wars become more tech-oriented, new forms of warfare are inevitable. While the two world wars of the last century used aircraft extensively to wreak havoc on all fronts, the upcoming wars will likely see the use of biological agents. China’s military is apparently heavily invested in the tech, with many of the top officials ...
The first case of a novel strain of coronavirus has been confirmed in the United States. The respiratory illness, which can cause pneumonia and other symptoms, was first reported in Wuhan, China, where hundreds have been sickened and at least 18 have died. Leyi Wang, a virologist and professor of veterinary medicine at the University ...
What is happening inside China? At least 132 people have died to date in Mainland China from the coronavirus outbreak with nearly 6,000 confirmed cases across the country. The coronavirus appears to be spreading rapidly, with a 65 percent jump in reported cases in the country in just one day. Hospital staff in Hubei Province ...
Authorities in China have imposed indefinite travel restrictions on tens of millions of people across 10 cities. This is in an unprecedented effort to contain the spread of a deadly new coronavirus, as hospitals at the epicenter of the outbreak struggle to handle a surge in new patients. The coronavirus, which was first discovered in ...
People in the city of Wuhan are under the grip of a mystery virus outbreak. One person has been confirmed dead and over 40 people have been affected. Initial investigations suggest that the virus spreading pneumonia among Wuhan residents is a new type of coronavirus, coming from the same family of viruses that caused the ...