WHO sending Covid-hunting team to Wuhan, China in January to probe origins of pandemic

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) will head to China in January in a bid to unearth the origins of the coronavirus, officials said on Friday, more than a year after the first infections were reported there. … Read More >WHO sending Covid-hunting team to Wuhan, China in January to probe origins of pandemic

1st international passenger flight lands in former Covid-19 hotbed Wuhan since start of outbreak

A passenger aircraft from South Korea has arrived in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the former epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak. All international flights to Wuhan had been suspended for almost eight months. … Read More >1st international passenger flight lands in former Covid-19 hotbed Wuhan since start of outbreak

China’s Wuhan to reopen schools, but remains ready to revert to online teaching if Covid-19 spreads

Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 outbreak was first detected in China, is reopening schools and kindergartens next week. However, contingency plans are in place to switch back to online education should the coronavirus reemerge. … Read More >China’s Wuhan to reopen schools, but remains ready to revert to online teaching if Covid-19 spreads

Haters gonna hate? China rejects online ridicule of post-coronavirus Wuhan pool party as ‘sour grapes’

Videos and photographs of a massive pool party in Wuhan irked news outlets and social media users, but China claims the critics are just bitter about their own nations’ poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. … Read More >Haters gonna hate? China rejects online ridicule of post-coronavirus Wuhan pool party as ‘sour grapes’

‘Pure fabrication’: Head of Wuhan lab DENIES claims virus leaked from there, says ‘we didn’t even know it existed’

The head of Wuhan’s virology institute has debunked the evolving US ‘Wuhan virus’ theory, saying SARS-CoV-2 couldn’t have artificially leaked. She said her lab didn’t have the first virus samples until as late as the end of 2019. … Read More >‘Pure fabrication’: Head of Wuhan lab DENIES claims virus leaked from there, says ‘we didn’t even know it existed’

Wuhan imposes blanket BAN on wildlife trade & consumption to ‘safeguard public health’

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the deadly coronavirus was first detected, has imposed a strict ban on wildlife trade. Despite the lack of proof, a local animal market has been widely regarded as the source of the outbreak. … Read More >Wuhan imposes blanket BAN on wildlife trade & consumption to ‘safeguard public health’

China’s Wuhan death toll spikes by 50% as authorities report 1,290 ‘delayed & omitted’ fatalities

The Chinese city of Wuhan – ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic – has revised its fatality count, increasing the total by just shy of 1,300 deaths, which officials say went unreported due to “delays” and “omissions.” … Read More >China’s Wuhan death toll spikes by 50% as authorities report 1,290 ‘delayed & omitted’ fatalities