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Where Bats are still selling after China’s closure of wildlife markets

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2020 0

Indonesia’s wildlife markets are “like a cafeteria for animal pathogens,” but they have resisted efforts to close even as China has shut its own markets over coronavirus fears. Six days a week, the butchers of Tomohon gather at Indonesia’s most notorious market and cut up bats, rats, snakes and

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China’s Wuhan City discharges all coronavirus patients

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has discharged all of its coronavirus patients, as the nation reported only three new cases and no new deaths. According to the National Health Commission, as of Sunday the number of new coronavirus patients in Wuhan was at zero. “Thanks to the joint efforts of […]

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Wuhan revises the number of coronavirus deaths upward

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2020 0

The Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, has revised the number of virus-related fatalities up by 1,290 to 3,869, local authorities said Friday. The government of Hubei province, home to Wuhan, said in a statement that the number of casualties has been revised up due to late reports from medical […]

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Quarantine is lifted, but caution lingers for Wuhan residents

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2020 0

Wang Tianchen, a Wuhan resident and coronavirus survivor, will finally be able to go outside after a gruelling two months spent inside hospitals and isolation facilities. But he has no interest in doing so. “I’ll continue to stay at home,” Wang tells dpa over the phone from his apartment in northern Wuhan. “I have no need […]

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Xi Jinping arrives in Wuhan to inspect coronavirus control work

Ihesiulo Grace 10 March 2020 0

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, for an inspection of epidemic control and prevention work on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua reported. Xi will visit frontline medical workers, military officers, social workers, police, local residents and grassroots Communist Party cadres, according to state broadcaster CCTV. His

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Hospital director in Wuhan dies of Covid-19

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2020 0

A hospital director in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, died from the disease on Monday, state media reported on Tuesday. Liu Zhiming, Director of Wuchang Hospital, died from infection with the new coronavirus, which has so far spread to more than 72,000 people across China, the state-owned newswire […]

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Hospital director in Wuhan dies of Covid-19

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2020 0

A hospital director in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak, died from the disease on Monday, state media reported. Liu Zhiming, director of Wuchang Hospital, died from infection with the new coronavirus, which has so far spread to more than 72,000 people across China, the state-owned newswire China News […]

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End of quarantine for a second group of returnees from Wuhan in France

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

After 14 days of quarantine near Marseille, some 120 people evacuated from Wuhan in China began to be released on Sunday, with the relief of not being contaminated by the new coronavirus, found an AFP journalist. It is the second wave of returnees in France to be able to leave the Carry-le-Rouet holiday center, which […]

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Trump launches coronavirus task force as U.S. readies more Wuhan evacuations

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2020 0

The Trump administration launched a task force with a brief to protect the United States from the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the country prepared to evacuate more of its citizens from the epicentre of the outbreak in Wuhan, China. In a statement on Thursday, the U.S. State Department said Washington would arrange extra evacuation flights from […]

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Wimbledon champion 2019: Halep finishes strong in Wuhan second round

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2019 0

No.4 seed Simona Halep of Romania moved into the round of 16 at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for the first time since 2016, after picking up a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic. Halep in a post-match press conference said she was motivated to go on court and to give […]