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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


US declares coronavirus a public health emergency

US citizens who have traveled to China's Hubei Province within the last 14 days will be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

People wearing face masks walk past luxury boutiques in the Sanlitun shopping district in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, January 25, 2020

US evacuees from China placed under 72-hour 'hold' at military base

Foreign governments have begun flying their citizens out of Wuhan as the death toll has risen and the city has entered into a virtual quarantine, with Chinese authorities trying to contain the virus.

People waiting for passengers wear masks at Pearson airport arrivals, shortly after Toronto Public Health received notification of Canada's first presumptive confirmed case of coronavirus, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 25, 2020

British Airways suspends all flights to China over coronavirus

Direct flights to the Chinese-ruled autonomous region of Hong Kong were unaffected.

The G-EUPH British Airways Airbus A319-131 makes its final approach for landing at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, France

Canada's first coronavirus patient had symptoms on flight from China

Canadian officials announced the country's first patient showed coronavirus sickness symptoms while on a flight Home

FILE PHOTO: International travelers arrive at John F. Kennedy international airport in New York City, U.S., February 4, 2017. The United States is screening visitors from Wuhan, China at JFK and at airports in Los Angeles and San Francisco for people who may have symptoms of a new virus

US to evacuate consulate staff, some citizens from Wuhan

The State Department, in an emailed statement, said some private US citizens will be able to board a "single flight" leaving Wuhan on January 28 bound for San Francisco.

People wearing face masks walk past luxury boutiques in the Sanlitun shopping district in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, January 25, 2020

Israeli in coronavirus epicenter Wuhan: It’s impossible to get out

Health Ministry: Israelis returning from China to be hospitalized, quarantined

Police officers wearing masks check the boot of a car for smuggled wild animals following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, at an expressway toll station on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Xianning

Hong Kong leader declares virus emergency, halts visits to mainland China

Hong Kong's health authorities have confirmed 5 coronavirus cases, all linked to Wuhan, with a further 122 people being treated as suspected of having the disease.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China January 25, 2020