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PM Lee said COVID-19 not as deadly as SARS but death toll now more than twice of SARS
In his annual Chinese New Year message last month (24 Jan) when first cases of COVID-19 infections began to appear in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Singaporeans that this was to be expected, given the high volume of international travel here.
“But we are well prepared, because we have been gearing up for such a situation ever since we dealt with SARS in 2003,” he said. He also said that the new COVID-19 virus does not appear to be as deadly as SARS.
However, as of today (17 Feb), it was reported that the worldwide death toll of COVID-19 has exceeded 1700, with China recording 1,772 deaths and, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan and France recording 1 each. Comparing to SARS outbreak in 2002-2003, only 8,098 people were infected with a smaller death toll at 774 worldwide. Hence, the death toll from the present COVID-19 infections is more than 2 times that of SARS.
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What’s behind Singapore’s U-turn on wearing masks?
Singapore reversed its position on masks on Friday, saying it would no longer discourage residents from wearing them in public and would distribute reusable face masks from Sunday.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the statement alongside his announcement that schools and most workplaces would be closed from early next week, as part of increased measures to stem the coronavirus outbreak as infections surged in the past month to more than 1,100 as of Friday.
Lee acknowledged that health authorities had previously urged residents not to wear surgical masks unless they were unwell – with their exhortations appearing on the front pages of local newspapers – and attributed to the change to new research and the spike in cases. “We now think that there are some cases out there in the community going undetected, though probably still not that many,” he said in a national address, his third since the Covid-19 outbreak. “We also now have evidence that an infected person can show no symptoms and yet still pass on the virus to others … Therefore we will no longer discourage people from wearing masks.”
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Chinese New Year Message 2020 by PM Lee Hsien Loong
While I am away, I have also been closely tracking our preparations against the new coronavirus from Wuhan. We have just had our first cases in Singapore. This was to be expected, given the high volume of international travel here. But we are well prepared, because we have been gearing up for such a situation ever since we dealt with SARS in 2003. MOH has now activated plans to counter the spread of the virus, which so far does not appear to be as deadly as SARs was. Singaporeans should be calm but watchful as we implement measures to keep everybody safe and healthy.
Let us also remember those making personal sacrifices to keep our city humming during the public holiday: law enforcement personnel, hospital staff, cleaners, transport, port and airport workers, and many others. Many of our Malay, Indian and Eurasian friends will be working, covering for their Chinese colleagues. We owe them our thanks.
The Year of the Rat begins a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. We look forward to the opportunity to refresh ourselves and start anew. Let us learn something from the proverbial nimbleness, creativity and wit of the rat. These qualities will help us to overcome future challenges, and build a better Singapore for ourselves and our children.
I wish all Singaporeans a very happy and healthy Chinese New Year.
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Coronavirus Covid-19 death toll at 1,775
The coronavirus Covid-19 death toll has reached 1,775, with 105 new deaths in China and one in Taiwan, as of the end of 16 February. In mainland China, the toll stands at 1,770.
Meanwhile, the total number of infected cases increased to more than 71,000, including 70,548 cases in mainland China, which recorded 2,048 new confirmations of infection.
The National Health Commission of China also reported a total of 10,844 recoveries in mainland China. In Hubei province alone, the total confirmed cases reached 58,182, with 1,696 deaths and 6,639 recoveries.
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COVID-19 death toll at 1,770 as China sees slight rise in new cases
Mainland China on Monday reported a slight upturn in new virus cases and an increase by 105 in deaths caused by the illness for a total of 1,770 since the outbreak began.
The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39 cases from the previous day’s figure. Another 10,844 people have recovered from COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus, and have been discharged from hospitals, according to Monday’s figures.
The update followed the publication late Saturday in China’s official media of a recent speech by President Xi Jinping in which he indicated for the first time that he had led the response to the outbreak from early in the crisis. While the reports were an apparent attempt to demonstrate the Communist Party leadership acted decisively from the start, it also opened Xi up to criticism over why the public was not alerted sooner.
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The Wuhan coronavirus has killed more people in 6 weeks than SARS did in 8 months. Here’s how the 2 outbreaks compare
A coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China has killed more people in six weeks than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) did in eight months.
More than 1,100 people have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, and at least 44,500 have been infected across 26 countries. (For the latest case total, death toll, and travel information, see Business Insider’s live updates.)
The new virus, which is marked by fevers and pneumonia-like symptoms, conjured a sense of déja vu for some who remember the SARS outbreak that started in November 2002. SARS was also a coronavirus, and it jumped to people from animals in wet markets, which the new coronavirus probably did, too. The two viruses share 80% of their genetic codes.
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Lee Hsien Loong 8 February at 02:16
We have faced the novel coronavirus situation for about two weeks now.
People are understandably anxious and fearful. But fear can end up doing more harm than the virus itself! It can lead to irrational panic, causing us to hoard face masks or food.
Singapore has ample supplies — already, supermarkets across Singapore have restocked. There is no need to stock up on instant noodles or toilet paper, as was widely seen on social media yesterday.
Instead, let us stay united and resolute in this outbreak. Keep helping one another, as many of you have stepped up to do. And most importantly, stay calm and carry on with our lives. – LHL
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HO Ching February 12 at 5:10 PM
The trends look encouraging. But now is not the time to relax, whether in China or in SG, or anywhere else, around the world.
We need to maintain aim for twice the incubation period of no more new confirmed cases, though deaths may still mount further.
So twice 14 days is 28 days, or one full long month, to know that we have contained the nCoV.
SIA Plans To Raise Up To S$15B From Existing Investors To Regain Its Wings Amid COVID-19
Troubled by deepening impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is just at the beginning of a heavy blow. The national carrier has suffered a 95 per cent reduction in capacity so far, which severely puts a dent in revenue, while it still has to continue incurring fixed costs like manpower and parking charges. On Monday, SIA CEO Goh Choon Pong increased the company’s cost-cutting measures, including implementing no-pay leave for staff and larger pay-cuts for management, affecting about 10,000 employees in total.
Today, the airline said it will be raising up to S$15 billion from existing investors through the sale of shares and convertible bonds, to tide through the shock from the coronavirus. This comes as SIA’s shares fell to their lowest in 22 years. The firm, on Thursday morning, halted trading before revealing this announcement. SIA will issue up to 1.77 billion new shares to existing shareholders at S$3 per share. On the basis of three rights shares for every two existing shares held by shareholders, it expects to raise S$5.3 billion. This is about a 54 per cent discount from SIA’s last traded share price of S$6.50.
Another S$9.7 billion will come from issuing mandatory 10-year convertible bonds at $1 each, on the basis of 295 bonds for every 100 existing shares owned. In the meantime, SIA has also arranged for a S$4 billion bridge loan facility with DBS. This fundraising is being underwritten by Temasek Holdings, SIA’s largest investor which owns about 55 per cent of its shares.
related: Changi Airport's Terminal 2 To Suspend Operations For 18 Months From May 1
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Singapore to shut Changi’s Terminal 2 for 18 months due to COVID-19
Singapore will shut Terminal 2 of the Changi Airport as part of a cost-cutting move due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seriously affected the country’s tourism industry.
All operations at the terminal, including retail, will be suspended for 18 months starting May, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan reportedly announced in Parliament today. He also hinted at more closures, noting that only one terminal has so far been enough to handle the traffic at the airport.
Airlines operating at the terminal will be transferred to Changi’s remaining three terminals next month. Singapore Airlines will operate from Terminal 3. “We will save on running costs – for the airport operator, retail tenants, airlines and ground handlers,” The Straits Times quoted him as saying.
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Why US outsourced bat virus research to Wuhan
The US funded research into bat coronaviruses in a lab in Wuhan, China, that is now under scrutiny for possibly being behind the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Facebook
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded bat-coronavirus research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to the tune of US$3.7 million, a recent article in the British newspaper Daily Mail revealed.
Back in October 2014, the US government had placed a federal moratorium on gain-of-function (GOF) research – altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious – as a result of rising fears about a possible pandemic caused by an accidental or deliberate release of these genetically engineered monster germs.
This was in part due to lab accidents at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in July 2014 that raised questions about biosafety at US high-containment labs.
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Wuhan lab was performing coronavirus experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated - with a £3m grant from the US
The laboratory at the centre of scrutiny over the pandemic has been carrying out research on bats from the cave which scientists believe is the original source of the devastating outbreak
Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in Yunnan – funded by a $3.7 million grant from the US government.
Sequencing of the Covid-19 genome has traced it to bats found in Yunnan's caves. It comes after this newspaper revealed last week that Ministers here now fear that the pandemic could have been caused by a virus leaking from the institute. Senior Government sources said that while 'the balance of scientific advice' was still that the deadly virus was first transmitted to humans from a live animal market in Wuhan, an accident at the laboratory in the Chinese city was 'no longer being discounted'.
According to one unverified claim, scientists at the institute could have become infected after being sprayed with blood containing the virus, and then passed it on to the local community.
read more
Conservationists set the record straight on COVID-19’s wildlife links
To give a better understanding of the origin of the coronavirus and what can be done to stop the future spread of disease from animals to humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Global Wildlife Conservation have partnered on a series of new infographics.
read more
Photos of local hotspots don’t seem impressive to locals that see them every day, but this viral album might change your mind. Local photographer Lemjay Lucas used this opportunity to take haunting pics of the busiest places in our little red dot last Saturday (4 Apr) to Sunday (5 Apr). He feels that the outside world looked different as spaces seemed bigger and wider with the absence of visitors.
Here’s a look at the deserted destinations due to the global pandemic.
Wuhan city, we all know that it's the 1st Chinese city famous for the Coronavirus. But do u know the city itself ? Here it is - real amazing you will surely like this
Above link is for marking Wuhan city's opening after COVID-19. The photos are darkened but when you touch it, it will brighten as a sign of light returning to Wuhan! Open the link and try it!
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The "Courrier picard" apologizes after its a racist on the "Yellow Alert"
Published on Sunday, the front page of the regional daily shocked social networks
Mea culpa of the writing of "Courrier picard". The regional daily apologized on Sunday, January 26, after the publication of a headline that read "Yellow Alert" and an editorial titled "The Yellow Peril? To deal with the news of the coronavirus that has been raging in China since December.
The terms "yellow" and "yellow peril" historically allude to racist clichés targeting the Asian community. Developed in the XIX th century, the stereotype of the "yellow peril" was intended to prevent the danger of the Asian people rule the world. The use of these terms, deemed obsolete and racist, by the "Picard Mail" shocked on social networks.
On Twitter, the elected official of Seine-Saint-Denis Madjid Messaoudene spoke of "the lesson of uninhibited racism" from "Courrier picard".
Is Germany’s Der Spiegel Racist?
In the latest case of self-flagellation, the ever more twisted German left, in its filter bubble, now accuses Der Spiegel for an anti-Chinese racist cover
Since it was founded in 1946, Der Spiegel, Germany’s leading news magazine, has had its fair share of scandals. But the latest accusation, in which it finds itself accused of anti-Chinese racism for its latest cover on the Coronavirus, certainly takes the cake.
The headline splashed across the magazine’s current cover reads “Made in China.” The subtitle states “When globalization becomes a deadly danger.”
Logically and grammatically, that choice of words seems unassailable. After all, the magazine cover blames globalization (and thus the physical interconnectedness of people). But not China. But that hasn’t kept the leftist filter bubble in Germany from raising the racism charge with hashtags such as #ChinaRacism.
China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia
A Chinese woman wears a protective mask in Beijing, Feb 3 PHOTO: KEVIN FRAYER/GETTY IMAGES
The mighty Chinese juggernaut has been humbled this week, apparently by a species-hopping bat virus. While Chinese authorities struggle to control the epidemic and restart their economy, a world that has grown accustomed to contemplating China’s inexorable rise was reminded that nothing, not even Beijing’s power, can be taken for granted.
We do not know how dangerous the new coronavirus will be. There are signs that Chinese authorities are still trying to conceal the true scale of the problem, but at this point the virus appears to be more contagious but considerably less deadly than the pathogens behind diseases such as Ebola or SARS—though some experts say SARS and coronavirus are about equally contagious.
China’s initial response to the crisis was less than impressive. The Wuhan government was secretive and self-serving; national authorities responded vigorously but, it currently appears, ineffectively. China’s cities and factories are shutting down; the virus continues to spread. We can hope that authorities succeed in containing the epidemic and treating its victims, but the performance to date has shaken confidence in the Chinese Communist Party at home and abroad. Complaints in Beijing about the U.S. refusing entry to noncitizens who recently spent time in China cannot hide the reality that the decisions that allowed the epidemic to spread as far and as fast as it did were all made in Wuhan and Beijing.
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PM Lee said COVID-19 not as deadly as SARS but death toll now more than twice of SARS
In his annual Chinese New Year message last month (24 Jan) when first cases of COVID-19 infections began to appear in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Singaporeans that this was to be expected, given the high volume of international travel here.
“But we are well prepared, because we have been gearing up for such a situation ever since we dealt with SARS in 2003,” he said. He also said that the new COVID-19 virus does not appear to be as deadly as SARS.
However, as of today (17 Feb), it was reported that the worldwide death toll of COVID-19 has exceeded 1700, with China recording 1,772 deaths and, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan and France recording 1 each. Comparing to SARS outbreak in 2002-2003, only 8,098 people were infected with a smaller death toll at 774 worldwide. Hence, the death toll from the present COVID-19 infections is more than 2 times that of SARS.
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What’s behind Singapore’s U-turn on wearing masks?
A woman wears a face mask in Singapore on Thursday, as the spread of Covid-19 continues. Photo: Reuters
Singapore reversed its position on masks on Friday, saying it would no longer discourage residents from wearing them in public and would distribute reusable face masks from Sunday.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the statement alongside his announcement that schools and most workplaces would be closed from early next week, as part of increased measures to stem the coronavirus outbreak as infections surged in the past month to more than 1,100 as of Friday.
Lee acknowledged that health authorities had previously urged residents not to wear surgical masks unless they were unwell – with their exhortations appearing on the front pages of local newspapers – and attributed to the change to new research and the spike in cases. “We now think that there are some cases out there in the community going undetected, though probably still not that many,” he said in a national address, his third since the Covid-19 outbreak. “We also now have evidence that an infected person can show no symptoms and yet still pass on the virus to others … Therefore we will no longer discourage people from wearing masks.”
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Chinese New Year Message 2020 by PM Lee Hsien Loong
While I am away, I have also been closely tracking our preparations against the new coronavirus from Wuhan. We have just had our first cases in Singapore. This was to be expected, given the high volume of international travel here. But we are well prepared, because we have been gearing up for such a situation ever since we dealt with SARS in 2003. MOH has now activated plans to counter the spread of the virus, which so far does not appear to be as deadly as SARs was. Singaporeans should be calm but watchful as we implement measures to keep everybody safe and healthy.
Let us also remember those making personal sacrifices to keep our city humming during the public holiday: law enforcement personnel, hospital staff, cleaners, transport, port and airport workers, and many others. Many of our Malay, Indian and Eurasian friends will be working, covering for their Chinese colleagues. We owe them our thanks.
The Year of the Rat begins a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. We look forward to the opportunity to refresh ourselves and start anew. Let us learn something from the proverbial nimbleness, creativity and wit of the rat. These qualities will help us to overcome future challenges, and build a better Singapore for ourselves and our children.
I wish all Singaporeans a very happy and healthy Chinese New Year.
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Coronavirus Covid-19 death toll at 1,775
The coronavirus Covid-19 death toll has reached 1,775, with 105 new deaths in China and one in Taiwan, as of the end of 16 February. In mainland China, the toll stands at 1,770.
Meanwhile, the total number of infected cases increased to more than 71,000, including 70,548 cases in mainland China, which recorded 2,048 new confirmations of infection.
The National Health Commission of China also reported a total of 10,844 recoveries in mainland China. In Hubei province alone, the total confirmed cases reached 58,182, with 1,696 deaths and 6,639 recoveries.
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COVID-19 death toll at 1,770 as China sees slight rise in new cases
Mainland China on Monday reported a slight upturn in new virus cases and an increase by 105 in deaths caused by the illness for a total of 1,770 since the outbreak began.
The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39 cases from the previous day’s figure. Another 10,844 people have recovered from COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus, and have been discharged from hospitals, according to Monday’s figures.
The update followed the publication late Saturday in China’s official media of a recent speech by President Xi Jinping in which he indicated for the first time that he had led the response to the outbreak from early in the crisis. While the reports were an apparent attempt to demonstrate the Communist Party leadership acted decisively from the start, it also opened Xi up to criticism over why the public was not alerted sooner.
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The Wuhan coronavirus has killed more people in 6 weeks than SARS did in 8 months. Here’s how the 2 outbreaks compare
A coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China has killed more people in six weeks than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) did in eight months.
More than 1,100 people have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, and at least 44,500 have been infected across 26 countries. (For the latest case total, death toll, and travel information, see Business Insider’s live updates.)
The new virus, which is marked by fevers and pneumonia-like symptoms, conjured a sense of déja vu for some who remember the SARS outbreak that started in November 2002. SARS was also a coronavirus, and it jumped to people from animals in wet markets, which the new coronavirus probably did, too. The two viruses share 80% of their genetic codes.
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Lee Hsien Loong 8 February at 02:16
We have faced the novel coronavirus situation for about two weeks now.
People are understandably anxious and fearful. But fear can end up doing more harm than the virus itself! It can lead to irrational panic, causing us to hoard face masks or food.
Singapore has ample supplies — already, supermarkets across Singapore have restocked. There is no need to stock up on instant noodles or toilet paper, as was widely seen on social media yesterday.
Instead, let us stay united and resolute in this outbreak. Keep helping one another, as many of you have stepped up to do. And most importantly, stay calm and carry on with our lives. – LHL
read more
HO Ching February 12 at 5:10 PM
The trends look encouraging. But now is not the time to relax, whether in China or in SG, or anywhere else, around the world.
We need to maintain aim for twice the incubation period of no more new confirmed cases, though deaths may still mount further.
So twice 14 days is 28 days, or one full long month, to know that we have contained the nCoV.
SIA Plans To Raise Up To S$15B From Existing Investors To Regain Its Wings Amid COVID-19
Troubled by deepening impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is just at the beginning of a heavy blow. The national carrier has suffered a 95 per cent reduction in capacity so far, which severely puts a dent in revenue, while it still has to continue incurring fixed costs like manpower and parking charges. On Monday, SIA CEO Goh Choon Pong increased the company’s cost-cutting measures, including implementing no-pay leave for staff and larger pay-cuts for management, affecting about 10,000 employees in total.
Today, the airline said it will be raising up to S$15 billion from existing investors through the sale of shares and convertible bonds, to tide through the shock from the coronavirus. This comes as SIA’s shares fell to their lowest in 22 years. The firm, on Thursday morning, halted trading before revealing this announcement. SIA will issue up to 1.77 billion new shares to existing shareholders at S$3 per share. On the basis of three rights shares for every two existing shares held by shareholders, it expects to raise S$5.3 billion. This is about a 54 per cent discount from SIA’s last traded share price of S$6.50.
Another S$9.7 billion will come from issuing mandatory 10-year convertible bonds at $1 each, on the basis of 295 bonds for every 100 existing shares owned. In the meantime, SIA has also arranged for a S$4 billion bridge loan facility with DBS. This fundraising is being underwritten by Temasek Holdings, SIA’s largest investor which owns about 55 per cent of its shares.
related: Changi Airport's Terminal 2 To Suspend Operations For 18 Months From May 1
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Singapore to shut Changi’s Terminal 2 for 18 months due to COVID-19
The departure hall of Changi Airport’s Terminal 2. Photo: Muhammad Hasbi
All operations at the terminal, including retail, will be suspended for 18 months starting May, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan reportedly announced in Parliament today. He also hinted at more closures, noting that only one terminal has so far been enough to handle the traffic at the airport.
Airlines operating at the terminal will be transferred to Changi’s remaining three terminals next month. Singapore Airlines will operate from Terminal 3. “We will save on running costs – for the airport operator, retail tenants, airlines and ground handlers,” The Straits Times quoted him as saying.
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Why Coronavirus Cases Have Spiked in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan — once heralded for early successes in battling the pandemic — are now confronting a new wave of coronavirus cases, largely fueled by infections coming from elsewhere. Singapore is also seeing a rise in local transmissions, with more than 400 new cases in the past week that have been linked to migrant worker dormitories.
The first confirmed cases in all three places were connected to people who had traveled to Wuhan, China, where the pandemic began, followed by small clusters of cases among residents with no travel history. Despite their proximity to mainland China, however, they had all managed to keep their case counts low for weeks, through vigilant monitoring and early intervention. None of these places had a single day with more than 10 new cases until March, even as the coronavirus spread around the world.
That changed in the past two weeks, as both Hong Kong and Singapore saw new cases in the double digits for consecutive days, with the bulk attributed to those who have traveled from abroad. Singapore’s numbers are now triple-digits, with large clusters of cases linked to dorms for migrant workers. Taiwan was hit with a surge of new cases, the vast majority of which were imported from other countries, while the number of locally transmitted infections remained low.
Why US outsourced bat virus research to Wuhan
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded bat-coronavirus research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China to the tune of US$3.7 million, a recent article in the British newspaper Daily Mail revealed.
Back in October 2014, the US government had placed a federal moratorium on gain-of-function (GOF) research – altering natural pathogens to make them more deadly and infectious – as a result of rising fears about a possible pandemic caused by an accidental or deliberate release of these genetically engineered monster germs.
This was in part due to lab accidents at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in July 2014 that raised questions about biosafety at US high-containment labs.
read more
Wuhan lab was performing coronavirus experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated - with a £3m grant from the US
Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in Yunnan – funded by a $3.7 million grant from the US government.
Sequencing of the Covid-19 genome has traced it to bats found in Yunnan's caves. It comes after this newspaper revealed last week that Ministers here now fear that the pandemic could have been caused by a virus leaking from the institute. Senior Government sources said that while 'the balance of scientific advice' was still that the deadly virus was first transmitted to humans from a live animal market in Wuhan, an accident at the laboratory in the Chinese city was 'no longer being discounted'.
According to one unverified claim, scientists at the institute could have become infected after being sprayed with blood containing the virus, and then passed it on to the local community.
read more
Conservationists set the record straight on COVID-19’s wildlife links
- The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been characterized by the World Health Organization as a pandemic. As the virus spreads, so too does misinformation about its origins.
- Rumors that COVID-19 was manufactured in a lab or that we know with full certainty which animal host passed the disease to humans are unfounded.
- Given the clear risks to animals as well as to human health, the Wildlife Conservation Society and Global Wildlife Conservation are calling for a permanent ban on wildlife trafficking and live animal markets.
To give a better understanding of the origin of the coronavirus and what can be done to stop the future spread of disease from animals to humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Global Wildlife Conservation have partnered on a series of new infographics.
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13 Haunting Pictures of Singapore
Popular destinations in Singapore are often packed with tourists and locals, but the Covid-19 outbreak has prompted many to stay indoors.
Photos of local hotspots don’t seem impressive to locals that see them every day, but this viral album might change your mind. Local photographer Lemjay Lucas used this opportunity to take haunting pics of the busiest places in our little red dot last Saturday (4 Apr) to Sunday (5 Apr). He feels that the outside world looked different as spaces seemed bigger and wider with the absence of visitors.
Here’s a look at the deserted destinations due to the global pandemic.
Wuhan: A City in China
Wuhan city, we all know that it's the 1st Chinese city famous for the Coronavirus. But do u know the city itself ? Here it is - real amazing you will surely like this
Above link is for marking Wuhan city's opening after COVID-19. The photos are darkened but when you touch it, it will brighten as a sign of light returning to Wuhan! Open the link and try it!
There's Bird Flu (chicken), SARS (civet cats), Swine Fever (pigs), Mad Cow Disease (cattle), Ebola (monkeys & chimpanzee) & MERS (camels) & now COVID-19 (bats & pangolin). Hope Mr Mare is not galloping out to spread "Beh" (horse) virus. Haha.
I Gotta Wash My Hands!
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