Tag: coronavirus

CCP Virus Pandemic Was ‘Preventable Disaster’ and ‘Terrible Wake-up Call’: WHO-Commissioned Panel

A panel of independent experts commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a scathing rebuke of the global reaction to COVID-19, calling the outbreak a “preventable disaster” and a “terrible wake-up call” that exposed weak links along the entire chain of pandemic preparation and response. In a report issued Wednesday (pdf), the Independent Panel…


Chinese Military Scientists Discussed Man-Made Coronavirus Attack Years Before COVID-19 Pandemic

Chinese military scientists in 2015 detailed a plot to unleash a bioengineered SARS coronavirus to cause mass terror and advance the communist regime’s global political ambitions. These newly uncovered revelations come amid intensifying scrutiny over the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, an institute that has collaborated with the…


Vaccine Maker BioNTech Says No Need to Waive Patents

BERLIN—The head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech said Monday that there is no need to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines because manufacturers will be able to produce enough shots to supply the world over the coming year. Ugur Sahin, the chief executive of BioNTech, rejected the U.S.-backed proposal to temporarily lift some intellectual property rights…


Rally in Massachusetts Calls for Removing COVID-19 Mask Restrictions: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, entrepreneur and former U.S. Senate candidate, spoke to more than 1,000 people in a recent rally in front of the Massachusetts State House on Saturday. His research reveals that prolonged use of face masks may increase the risk of oral and heart diseases. With some states easing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, more…


Virus-Hit Russia Reports 25 Percent Death Increase in January-March

MOSCOW—Russia’s state statistical service says the number of deaths nationwide in the first three months of 2021 was more than 25 percent higher than the same period a year ago, and it reported thousands more deaths due to COVID-19 in March than tallied by the country’s coronavirus task force. More than 583,000 people died in…


Virus Exposure Sites at Brisbane International Airport

Travellers who passed through Brisbane International Airport on Thursday have been warned of possible coronavirus exposure sites after a transiting passenger tested positive to COVID-19. Queensland Health has identified the airport’s Hudson’s Coffee stand and adjacent seating area, and the male toilets adjacent to Gate 79 as areas visited by the infected passenger. It says anyone…


Oxygen Leak Kills 24 COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators in Indian Hospital

SATARA, India—At least 24 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply caused by a leaking tank, the health minister said, as a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases soaks up supplies of the crucial gas. The incident in the city of Nashik, one of India’s worst-hit…


Oxygen Leak Kills at Least 24 COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators in Indian Hospital

SATARA, India—At least 24 COVID-19 patients in western India died on Wednesday when the oxygen supply to their ventilators ran out, amid a nationwide shortage of the gas and a surge in infections. Maharashtra State Health Minister Rajesh Tope confirmed the deaths at a hospital in Nashik city and said the hospital’s oxygen supply ran…


New UK ‘Challenge Trial’ Studies If People Can Catch Coronavirus Again

LONDON—British scientists on Monday launched a trial which will deliberately expose participants who have already had COVID-19 to the coronavirus again to examine immune responses and see how many get reinfected. In February, Britain became the first country in the world to give the go-ahead for so-called “challenge trials” in humans, in which volunteers are…


India’s Capital to Lock Down Amid Devastating Virus Surge

NEW DELHI—New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown on April 19 to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital’s health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases. In scenes familiar from surges elsewhere, ambulances catapulted from one hospital to another, trying to find an empty bed…