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Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says

Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who exposed early COVID-19 conditions in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four more years in prison for her reporting, Reporters Without Borders says.

Pro-democracy supporters protest to urge for the release of 12 Hong Kong activists arrested as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan outside China's Liaison Office, in Hong Kong, China December 28, 2020.
 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

Who were the first people to catch COVID-19? - report

 A man holds boxes from the first shipment of Pfizer's oral COVID medicine arrives at Teva's storage facility.

WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research

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Letters to the Editor March 6, 2023: Taiwan-Israel


Health Ministry redefines patient selection and precaution for coronavirus

The Ministry states that disease prevention and an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Israel is dependent on the responsible actions of the Israeli public.

Elderly people queue up for free surgical masks from a convenience store, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China February 7, 2020.

US citizen dies of coronavirus in Wuhan

The 'New York Times' reported that this "appears" to be the first death of an American since the outbreak began.

Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients inside an isolated ward at a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 6, 2020. Picture taken February 6, 2020

Japanese man hospitalized in Wuhan dies, coronavirus suspected

The death in Wuhan came as the number of passengers infected with the virus from a cruise liner quarantined in Japanese port of Yokohama jumped to 64 on Saturday.

A queue outside a medical supply store that sells face masks, a day after the first novel coronavirus case, in Manila, Philippines

Israelis among passengers quarantined on virus-hit cruise ship off Japan

Passenger David Abel said that all passengers were confined to their cabins on Wednesday morning, with staff delivering food room-by-room. "We're all in the same boat," joked one couple on Instagram.

Cruise ship Diamond Princess is seen anchored off the Yokohama Port, after ten people on the cruise liner have tested positive for coronavirus in Yokohama

First Russians return home from Wuhan, to be quarantined for 2 weeks

No infection was detected among the first group of returnees, who landed at Tyumen airport early on Wednesday, the defense ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on preventing the spread of coronavirus, in Moscow

Chinese cerebral palsy victim dies after caretaker quarantined for virus

Yan Cheng, 16, was found dead on Wednesday, a week after his father, was put into quarantine for the virus.

15-month-old Do Quang Tu who suffers from cerebral palsy, receives acupuncture treatment at Vietnam Acupuncture Hospital in Hanoi

China to allow in U.S. health experts as virus shows no sign of slowing

The White House said on Monday China had accepted its offer to have U.S. experts as part of a WHO mission to study and help combat the virus that emerged in Hubei's provincial capital of Wuhan.

Members of a neighbourhood committee register locals and ask about therr travel history in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of novel coronavirus. February 2, 2020

China accuses US of whipping up panic over coronavirus as stocks tumble

The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared the flu-like virus a global emergency, and it has since spread to 23 other countries and regions.

Members of a neighbourhood committee register locals and ask about therr travel history in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of novel coronavirus. February 2, 2020

In virus-stricken Wuhan, animal lovers break into homes to save pets

Lao Mao was no ordinary housebreaker - his mission was to feed two starving cats trapped in the home for 10 days.

Street view after Wuhan government announced to ban non-essential vehicles in downtown area to contain coronavirus outbreak, on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan

Massachusetts confirms first case of coronavirus

Since the virus outbreak began, 259 people have died in China and as of Friday 11,791 confirmed cases in the country, according to Reuters.

People walk on a skybridge from the emergency room building at Providence Regional Medical Center after a spokesman from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a traveler from China has been the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus, in