China coronavirus

U.S. 03/16/20, 11:35

On Thursday, March 12, officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), managed to intercept a package containing fake test kits of the Chinese coronavirus at Los Angeles International Airport. During a routine compliance check, officials found six plastic bags containing the test kits in a shipment from the United Kingdom ...

China 03/16/20, 05:47

Several congressional Republicans have criticized China's handling of the coronavirus and now want to hold the country accountable for the rampant spread of the deadly virus that plagues hundred countries and killed thousands of people in it wake. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures," March 15, Rep. ...

U.S. 03/13/20, 09:46

On Wednesday, March 11,  the presidential campaign for Democratic candidate Joe Biden released details on the formation of a Public Health Advisory Committee that it hopes will report in a timely manner on the plans Biden's team will make in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. As The Hill noted, the ...

China 03/11/20, 12:18

On March 1, China's official media echoed the success achieved after performing 'the world's first double lung transplant' on a 59-year-old patient infected with the coronavirus. According to state media such as Xinhua, the operation that took place on Feb. 29 had a male donor who was brain dead and whose ...

China 03/10/20, 05:23

Censors were suppressing information about the coronavirus when health workers in China first started warning their loved ones about the severity of the infection. The Chinese regime censored any information on the Chinese app known as WeChat, reported the Wall Street Journal on Friday, March 6, with some being punished for ...

U.S. 02/25/20, 12:53

On Monday, Feb. 24, a White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman announced that several measures are being considered in response to China's "heinous act" of expelling three American journalists from the country last week. The NSC's director of strategic communications, John Ullyot, emphatically rejected the way China withdrew the credentials ...

China 02/18/20, 07:24

A Chinese family of four has been wiped out by the coronavirus after they were turned away from the hospital and sent home for quarantine. Chang Kai, 55, a well-known director at Hubei Film Studios in Wuhan, died on Feb. 14 after becoming infected with the coronavirus and succumbing to pneumonia. Between ...

News 02/16/20, 21:05

World Health Organization (WHO) officials are raising concerns about the number of doctors and other health workers who have succumbed to the deadly novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV.) Chinese officials have the number of health care workers suffering from the virus as over 1,700, although the actual figure may be much higher. Around ...

California 02/12/20, 07:24

Four evacuees were released from isolation at UC San Diego Health on Sunday, Feb. 9, after the Center for Disease Control (CDC) informed the hospital that they had tested negative for coronavirus. However, after the CDC performed further testing, it was learned that one of them did actually test positive. According ...

China 02/10/20, 06:16

The president of Taiwan said some of its most vulnerable nationals were excluded by Chinese officials on the first flight of evacuees out of Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus epidemic. President Tsai Ing-wen is also insisting the World Health Organization (WHO) give Taiwan its proper designation and refer to it ...

China 02/06/20, 19:17

So far, estimates of the spread of the coronavirus from Wuhan, the epicenter exceed 10,000 infected with more than 200 deaths in China, but the potential for casualties could be comparatively higher if the figures revealed by a Chinese online service provider Tencent are taken into account. On Saturday, Feb. 1, ...

China 02/04/20, 14:22

Besides two newly built hospitals, Wuhan is converting buildings into hospitals to receive for coronavirus-infected patients. There were three venues—The Hongshan Gymnasium, Wuhan International Conference, and Exhibition Center and a cultural building complex dubbed "Wuhan Livingroom" will be turned into makeshift hospitals, according to Xinhua. The three venues will have a total ...

Washington 02/03/20, 07:03

Beijing has now agreed to allow CDC experts to join the WHO team to investigate the coronavirus right at the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan after several times refusing the U.S.'s proposal, claimed Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar as reported by the Washington Times.  Azar confirmed that the ...

Europe 02/01/20, 17:41

More than 6,000 people were still on board an Italian cruise ship after the liner was placed on lockdown over fears two Chinese passengers could be carrying the coronavirus. The Costa Smeralda is currently being held near Civitavecchia, 35 miles north of Rome after a 54-year-old woman from Macao—an autonomous region ...

Washington 01/31/20, 08:31

In an exclusive interview with Fox News on Jan. 30, President Trump indicated that Washington is working closely with China amid the outbreak of the novel deadly coronavirus that has claimed the lives of hundreds of Chinese citizens and spread to over 19 countries in the world.  The president affirmed that ...