Category: outbreak

Sydney Residents Told Not to ‘Engage in Conversation’ Amid Lockdown

The chief health officer of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has told residents not to talk to one another outside of the home amid a strict lockdown in Sydney. “Whilst it is human nature to engage in conversation with others, to be friendly, unfortunately, this is not the time to do that,”…


Aussie PM Calls for Emergency Cabinet Meeting as Concerns Grow Over Delta Strain Outbreak

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called an emergency meeting of the national security committee of the federal cabinet to discuss the outbreak of the highly infectious Indian Delta strain of the CCP virus. A national cabinet meeting with state and territory leaders is also scheduled for June 28 evening. This comes as four states and…


Sydney Lockdown May Expand to New Areas

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian will hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Saturday to determine whether further measures will be imposed after another 12 CCP virus cases were recorded in Sydney and new exposure venues have emerged past the established local hotspot areas. Berejiklian foreshadowed an expansion of the seven-day lockdown to other areas…


Guinea Declares End to Ebola Outbreak That Killed 12

CONAKRY—An Ebola outbreak that started in southeast Guinea in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. “I solemnly declare the end of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea,” Health Minister Remy Lamah told a press conference in the capital Conakry,…


Authorities Investigate Driver As Sydney Outbreak Grows

Authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are investigating whether a Sydney man linked to an outbreak breached COVID-19 protocols when transporting an international flight crew as part of his work. This comes as two more people have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus…


Victoria Records 9 New Local COVID Cases

Victoria has reported nine new local cases of COVID-19 as authorities remain confident there is no large unknown outbreak of the Delta variant. Eleven infections have been detected in the 24 hours to midnight on June 6, although two were already reported by aged care operator Arcare. The Arcare Maidstone outbreak has grown to six cases after…


China Insider: Chinese Leaders Were Aware of the Epidemic in December 2019

A leaked document from China indicates that Chinese top leaders issued instructions within internal circles on the handling of COVID-19 in mid-January. This was several days before the authorities announced the epidemic to the public. It serves as another piece in the growing pile of evidence that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covered up the…


China Refused to Provide WHO Team With Raw Data on Early COVID Cases, Team Member Says

SHANGHAI—China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s investigators said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began. The team had requested raw patient data on 174 cases that China had identified from the early phase…


Victoria Virus Case Friend of Hotel Quarantine Worker

MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria has recorded one new local case of COVID-19, while Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says there is no plan, yet, to extend the five-day lockdown. The latest COVID-19 case in Victoria is a friend of a hotel quarantine worker, as contact tracers race to ring-fence an outbreak of the infectious UK strain….


Orange County Jail Reports Dramatic Drop in Inmate Infections

The amount of Orange County inmates infected with the COVID-19 virus is less than one percent of what it was a month ago, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) said Feb. 5. The OCSD is crediting the reduction with “robust mitigation efforts” to bring down the rate of infection at the Santa Ana facility. On…