Category: CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus

‘Unconstitutional Mandates’: New York Parents Protest School Mask Mandates

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY-Braving a windchill factor of 13 degrees hundreds of parents, some with their children, protested outside the Suffolk County government offices on Long Island on Jan. 26, in an attempt to reverse the state-issued mask mandate at their schools. The protest was organized by Long Island Loud Majority, a grassroots group founded in…


Research Indicates Vaccines Provide Reduced Effectiveness Against Omicron

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is much more effective at infecting people vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease it causes, a review of research on the subject suggests. Research also indicates vaccination provides less protection against serious disease upon Omicron infection. The Omicron variant, first detected in South Africa in November, now constitutes the dominant strain…


2021 COVID-19 Recap: 200 Million Vaccinated, 450,000 Dead

News Analysis With the New Year’s Eve passing, 2021 is now the second year defined by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic and the global response to it. Compared to 2020, last year was not only deadlier, but also more complicated. Issues such as virus variants, vaccine resistance, and vaccine efficacy have come to…


China Reports Second Omicron COVID-19 Case

The Chinese authorities on Dec. 14 reported its second case of the Omicron variant in a 67-year-old man who tested positive after more than two weeks of quarantine. The infected person, who lives in the southern city of Guangzhou, returned to China on Nov. 27, according to the Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission. He first experienced…


UN and EU Urge China to Free Seriously Ill Journalist Jailed Over Wuhan Outbreak Reporting

The United Nations and the European Union renewed their call for Beijing to immediately release a dangerously ill journalist who was imprisoned over her reporting during the early days of the pandemic. Zhang Zhan, a 38-year-old woman, who has been detained in Shanghai since May 2020, can barely walk or raise her head without assistance…


Third Foreign Athlete COVID-19 Positive in Beijing

China reported on Nov. 18 a third COVID-19 case among foreign athletes in warmup events for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. The athlete tested positive on Nov. 14 and has been sent to a quarantine hotel, Zhao Weidong, the spokesperson of the Winter Games, told reporters at Thursday’s briefing. The competitor didn’t show any…


Beijing City Tightens COVID-19 Guidance for Travel From Chinese Areas With Overland Ports

Beijing city has announced that individuals who have recently visited overland ports of entry at China’s borders should avoid the nation’s capital, with national authorities concerned about COVID-19 transmission from abroad as they battle a month-long outbreak while making preparations for the Winter Olympics. People who have traveled in the previous two weeks to county-level…


Northeastern Chinese Port City Battles Growing COVID-19 Cluster

Efforts to curb a growing COVID-19 cluster have reached new heights in China’s northeastern port city after national authorities’ on Thursday ordered the virus be zeroed out more quickly. “Various measures should be quickened … in order to get the outbreak under control in a shorter amount of time,” the National Health Commission said on…


China Tests Over 30,000 for COVID-19 at Mega Center, Rounds Up Runaways

Authorities of a southwestern Chinese city said on Nov. 10 they had conducted more than 30,000 COVID-19 tests on visitors at a mega entertainment center, and rounded up those who tried to flee the site after a suspected case was linked to the venue. Visitors to the large venue in Chengdu city, Sichuan Province, returned…


China Races to Contain New COVID-19 Outbreak, 100 Days Before Winter Olympics

Beijing has scrambled to tighten travel restrictions and expand vaccination campaigns in an effort to crush rising COVID-19 infections; as the 100-day countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics begins, an official says the outbreak poses the biggest challenge. Beijing is at a critical stage of controlling COVID-19, Pang Xinghuo, vice head of the Beijing…