Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned local officials not to hide new coronavirus cases. The country has reoprted five consecutive days of zero locally transmitted infections; but today, a new community-acquired case was reported in Wuhan, the epicenter where the virus began in late 2019. Read Story…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has decided to pull back from associating the COVID-19 virus with China, which he had previously called the “China virus” or the “Chinese virus.” Read Story…
Several months before the coronavirus pandemic erupted, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned. Read Story…
Mainland China saw new coronavirus cases double, driven by a jump in infected travelers returning home from overseas. The new cases raise the specter of new outbreaks in Chinese cities and provinces that had reported no new infections in recent days. Read Story…
Reclusive, nocturnal — bats are a possible source of the coronavirus. Yet some scientists say they are not blame for the transfer of the disease that’s changing daily life — humans are. Read Story…
Cathay Pacific has suspended almost all passenger flights for two months as the COVID-19 virus outbreak continues to pulverize global demand for travel. Read Story…
Aviation regulators in China have demanded that airlines cut international flights into China and re-route others as the country grapples with a growing number of imported coronavirus cases in Beijing. Read Story…