At the annual global health assembly expect rows over Taiwan and access to drugs to fight covid-19 Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic … (…
Monthly Archives For May 2020
Coronavirus Second Wave: Could China See A Sharp Rise In Cases, Deaths?
In recent weeks, China has seen at least new cases in Jilin, a northeastern province on the border of North Korea and Russia. ( read original story …)
China’s ambassador to Israel found dead at his home
A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry told NBC News that they were seeking “solid information” about what happened. ( read original story …)
Pandemic Review Still in Balance as China, U.S. Weigh Response
More than 100 countries have backed a resolution to independently review the global response to the coronavirus pandemic and actions by the World Health Organization to contain the disease. The resolu … ( read original…
Jonathan Cheng on China’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response
The [Wall Street Journal]’s Jonathan Cheng speaks by phone about China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story …)
Retailers Panic As Trump Re-Ignites His China Crisis During Rose Garden Presser
While President Trump is steering his political Titanic towards China’s iceberg, the business community is explaining that the tactical idea of decoupling from China will only work against our own … ( read original story…
8,000 Quarantined in China Amid New Coronavirus Infections: Live Coverage
Officials have also imposed new travel restrictions in northeastern China. Cuts and outsourcing have left France scrambling for medical gear needed to fight a pandemic. ( read original story …)
Du Wei, Chinese Ambassador to Israel Found Dead at His Home, Said China Was Made Scapegoat for Pandemic
“Historical experience also shows that pandemic is accompanied by conspiracies,” Du Wei had said in a Friday statement. ( read original story …)
Beijing’s severe COVID-19 cases drop to zero: official
Nurse Gao Qi checks health condition for a patient at Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, May 11, 2020. Beijing Ditan Hospital is one of the capital’s designated hospitals for … ( read…
China’s Wuhan nearly doubles number of COVID-19 tests per day
The city of Wuhan, where the new coronavirus outbreak originated in China, conducted 222,675 nucleic acid tests on May 16, the local health authority said on Sunday, nearly doubling from a day earlier … (…
China Warns US of ‘All Necessary Measures’ Over Huawei Rules
China’s commerce ministry says it will take “all necessary measures” in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s ability to use American technology, calling the measures an … ( read original story…
Senior Medical Advisor in China Warns of Second Wave, Says Country is ‘Not Better Than the Foreign Countries’
“The majority of Chinese [citizens] at the moment are still susceptible to the COVID-19 infections, because of a lack of immunity,” Dr. Zhong Nanshan said. ( read original story …)
Police in China, Dubai, and Italy are using these surveillance helmets to scan people for COVID-19 fever as they walk past and it may be our future normal
Temperature-scanning $7,000 helmets can catch people running a fever. But experts are skeptical about how helpful temperature scanning will really be. ( read original story …)
