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March 28, 2020

Wuhan, the Chinese city where coronavirus began, starts easing restrictions after two months of quarantine

The Chinese city where the coronavirus was first detected at the end of last year has begun to slowly re-open after more than two months under strict quarantine restrictions.

March 28, 2020

World Health Organization under the microscope: what went wrong with coronavirus?

As coronavirus started seeping from its origins in a Wuhan wet market in China late last year – fast spawning the rest of the globe – the information coming from the World Health Organization (WHO) was one of dismissal, in line with the Chinese Communist Party's muzzling of the disease's potency.

March 26, 2020

Coronavirus lockdown in Philippines lands official in trouble after violators placed in dog cage

A local official in the Philippines is now facing charges after putting coronavirus curfew violators in a dog cage.

March 26, 2020

South Korea adopts 'no-tolerance' coronavirus quarantine policy, violators risk deportation, jail

South Korea is warning it will crack down on those who disobey coronavirus quarantines.

March 25, 2020

China hijacks New Mexico mom's tweets for coronavirus propaganda campaign: report

A young mom from New Mexico has found herself at the center of China’s propaganda campaign after a notorious Chinese diplomat retweeted her messages in an attempt to further sow misinformation about the coronavirus, according to a report. 

March 25, 2020

China claims it beat coronavirus but does anyone believe it? 'The truth has always been a casualty'

As China and the United States race to restart their economies amid a global pandemic, foreign affairs experts say Beijing's claim of a slowdown of COVID-19 cases in Wuhan should be taken with a gigantic grain of salt. 

March 25, 2020

North Korea encourages social distancing to prevent coronavirus, even as country claims no confirmed cases

North Korea has advised people to practice social distancing in order to prevent spreading the coronavirus, even though it claims to have no reported cases.

March 24, 2020

3 US Navy sailors aboard Theodore Roosevelt test positive for coronavirus, defense officials say

Three U.S. Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the Philippine Sea have tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first time the virus has spread to a U.S. warship at sea, four U.S. defense officials tell Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ.

March 24, 2020

China takes another swipe at US media as NYT, WSJ and Washington Post pen open letter to Beijing

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday took another swipe at media outlets in the United States, claiming Beijing's decision to kick out American journalists was well within its right and accused three of the country's most widely-read and prestigious newspapers of being propaganda pushers peddling in fake news. 

March 24, 2020

Why Japan appears to have avoided a mass coronavirus outbreak

Seven weeks ago, the Diamond Princess docked on Japanese shores amid a chilling outbreak of the then relatively unknown coronavirus, which had ripped through the cruise ship in what many critics deemed a botched quarantine led by bureaucrats rather than health professionals.