WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus’ origin
The World Health Organisation rebuked Chinese officials for withholding scientific research that may reveal the origin of the coronavirus.
The World Health Organisation rebuked Chinese officials for withholding scientific research that may reveal the origin of the coronavirus.
The deadly Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in raccoon dogs from the Wuhan market in China, according to an international…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China.
It is also unclear if Sachs believes Covid originated in the US or was borne out of a collaboration between American and Chinese scientists in Wuhan.
The people of Wuhan are bracing for the second outbreak of Covid19 and it is fervently to be hoped that virus shall not spread further afield.
The social distancing measures put in place by the city government include limiting group gatherings and catering services and shutting multiple types of entertainment venues from bars and karaoke lounges.
Japan, Britain and Mexico have all expanded their movement restrictions.
So far, there was only anecdotal evidence available ~ such as the presence of thousands of urns ~ to suggest that China was feeding the world an incomplete factsheet. Now Beijing says it has corrected the figures because it wants to be “responsible to history, the people and the deceased”.
A total of 10,453 patients have recovered since the outbreak of the virus in the country in mid-March.
Trump's comments come two days after Wuhan city, which remained the epicentre of Coronavirus outbreak for a long time, on Friday abruptly raised its death toll by 50 per cent, admitting that many fatal cases were “mistakenly reported” or missed entirely, bringing the total number of deaths in the city to 3,869.
