The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continued its spread across the globe during the first week of March, despite travel restrictions aimed at curtailing its spread. As the global death toll reached over 3,000, South Korea said Monday it has confirmed 599 new cases, far higher than the daily tally reported in China. With 4,335 confirmed infections ...
The coronavirus (COVID-19), which originated in Wuhan, China, is quickly becoming a pandemic as it spreads to many other countries. An American expert recommended 10 protective measures for you and your family to follow to guard against the virus. Laurie Garrett, a science journalist, author, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996, has experienced ...
American biotech company Moderna has confirmed that the first batch of experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shipped to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The vaccine, mRNA-1273, was shipped six weeks after Moderna had begun working on the immunization project. “The institute expects by the end of April to start a clinical ...
On February 23, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a meeting in Beijing to discuss “coronavirus epidemic prevention and control and plans to stimulate economic growth,” according to unconfirmed sources. All members of the Politburo Standing Committee, as well as Xi Jinping, attended. Over 170,000 officials are said to have viewed the meeting via video, ...
Fears are growing that the COVID-19 outbreak could reach a pandemic scale as more cases emerge around the world. A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads easily from person to person in many parts of the world. What we know More than 77,000 people in China, where the virus emerged last year, have been ...
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has triggered a huge spike in demand for face masks. In places like Hong Kong, supplies of masks have dwindled, putting people at risk. Prices of the masks have also spiked due to the humongous demand. To resolve the issue, a team of scientists from Hong Kong has come ...
More than 1,000 U.S. citizens were trapped in Wuhan when the area was locked down during the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). After negotiations between the United States and China, the U.S. started to evacuate its citizens from the epicenter. Later on, other countries followed suit to evacuate their citizens. Radio France Internationale (RFI) posted two ...
What we know China reported 1,751 new COVID-19 cases and 138 more deaths in its daily update on the outbreak on February 19, bringing the death toll in Mainland China to 2,006 with 74,187 confirmed cases. The overwhelming majority have been in Hubei Province. Singapore Airlines temporarily ceased some service on major flight routes around ...
American suspense writer Dean Koontz published a best-selling novel in 1981 called The Eyes of Darkness. This dark thriller, written almost 40 years ago, tells the story of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) created a deadly virus called Wuhan-400 in a secret laboratory in the Wuhan suburbs in Hubei Provence. This virus, the storyline ...
Being close to China, Taiwan inevitably faces a high risk of coronavirus COVID-19 infections spreading through the island. Even though Taipei has been trying to get international help from associations like the World Health Organization (WHO) to tackle the issue, China is blocking such attempts, infuriating the Taiwanese government. Taiwan and COVID-19 Taiwan does not ...