China’s hero doctor Li Wenliang was punished for telling truth about coronavirus

By CNN,

In their botched handling of the tragic death of Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus, authorities in Beijin...

coronavirus , Li Wenliang , wuhan

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

By CNN,

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wi...

coronavirus , wuhan

Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

By CNN,

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wi...

COVID-19 , wuhan

First two cases of South African COVID-19 variant found in US

By VOA,

Health officials in South Carolina said Thursday that they had detected two cases of the South African COVID-19 variant, the first cases in the United...

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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan leaves quarantine

By Reuters,

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin f...

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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million as nations tackle vaccine shortages

By Reuters,

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus varia...

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Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat

By Reuters,

China imposed new coronavirus curbs in areas near Beijing on Tuesday, putting 4.9 million people in Langfang city under lockdown as new infections rai...

WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus

By CNN,

The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuk...

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WHO team set to visit China to probe COVID-19 origin

By Reuters,

As a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares to visit China to investigate the origins of COVID-19, Beijing has stepped up efforts not ...

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Good riddance 2020. Hello 2021: Fireworks light deserted streets

By Reuters,

Fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year th...

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Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years

By CNN,

An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shangh...

coronavirus , wuhan

One year on, Wuhan market at epicentre of virus outbreak remains barricaded and empty

By Reuters,

For over six years, 38-year-old Wuhan restaurant owner Lai Yun started most days the same way - with a trip to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, ju...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

Man fined Ksh.389K for breaking quarantine rules for 8 seconds

By CNN,

Taiwanese authorities have slapped a $3,500 (Ksh.389,795) fine on a man who broke quarantine regulations for just eight seconds. The man, a migrant...

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U.N. declares December 27 as day of ‘epidemic preparedness’

By Reuters,

A year into a global battle against the coronavirus, the United Nations General Assembly on Monday declared December 27 will be the “International D...

coronavirus , epidemic preparedness

Wuhan attempts to woo back travelers as pandemic fears ease

By CNN,

Wuhan, the Chinese city most closely associated with the outbreak of Covid-19, has launched a new promotional video as part of attempts to attract tra...

coronavirus , wuhan

‘At least, no one will accuse me of stealing COVID-19 funds’- Ruto laughs off ‘spectator’ tag

By Tonny Ndungu,

Deputy President William Ruto has laughed off a newspaper headline referring him as a spectator in the Jubilee Government. Taking to Twitter, the s...

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Wuhan hosts massive water park party as the world still grapples with coronavirus

By CNN,

It was ground zero in the coronavirus pandemic and underwent the world's first -- and arguably strictest -- lockdown. Now, the central Chinese city...

coronavirus , wuhan

How pilot used his phone to rescue Africans stuck in China

By CNN,

Even for 2020, with its once-in-a-generation global pandemic and the countless travel bans that have followed, this rescue mission seems a bit far-fet...

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Coronavirus found on frozen seafood in China

By Reuters,

Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian, which rec...

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