Coronavirus spread

China created COVID-19 as a 'bioweapon,' Wuhan researcher claims

Chao Shao asserts that the virus was deliberately engineered by China as a "bioweapon," and that his colleagues were tasked with identifying the most effective strain for spreading.

JUNE 28, 2023|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.

SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind COVID-19 (Illustrative).

Scientists advance in search for new COVID strain's patient zero

Patient Zero is likely experiencing symptoms that could be confused with IBD or chronic diarrhea.

JUNE 9, 2023|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

New COVID variant XBB.1.16 under WHO observation as cases spike

The WHO called the new COVID variant "one to watch" and is monitoring the new variant, which has been dubbed Arcturus as it continues to spread.

APRIL 13, 2023|ByTZVI JOFFRE

A South Korean soldier wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) guides a group of Chinese tourists for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests upon their arrival at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, January 4, 2023.

China pledges 'final victory' over COVID as outbreak raises global alarm

China has not announced data for new hospitalizations since the policy shift, leading to fears it might be concealing the extent of its outbreak.

JANUARY 4, 2023|ByREUTERS

US drops COVID-19 testing for incoming international air travelers

The CDC is still requiring most non-US citizens to be vaccinated against COVID to travel to the United States.

JUNE 12, 2022ByREUTERS

Passengers leave LAX after arriving from Shanghai, China, after a positive case of the coronavirus was announced in the Orange County suburb of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020

China COVID jitters flare up as parts of Shanghai resume lockdown

Shanghai had recently eased heavy COVID curbs, but China has stuck with a "dynamic zero-COVID" policy aimed at shutting down transmission chains as soon as possible.

JUNE 10, 2022ByREUTERS

A resident gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a sealed area, after the lockdown placed to curb the COVID-19 outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China June 8, 2022.

Mask mandate cancellation comes into effect in Israel

The Health Ministry reported some 2,460 new coronavirus cases on Saturday evening.

APRIL 23, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF

Israelis, some wearing masks, are seen walking in Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda market on January 13, 2022

Israeli health expert: COVID R-rate is overused, abused and misunderstood

“We have been obsessed with R, as if we know exactly what is happening with infection. But it is an illusion," said leading Hebrew University epidemiologist Prof. Hagai Levine.

MARCH 21, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH