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WHO warns of global shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus
Mar 08, 2020 09:41The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by 40% as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted.
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An elaboration on scientific findings on nCoV-2019 coronavirus
Mar 02, 2020 16:28According to a report by Scientist Publication, nearly a hundred clinical tests are carried out worldwide for treatment of nCoV-2019. Some of these experiments are carried out in China, and some will begin in Japan, Thailand, and England.
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Central banks may mount a coronavirus rescue
Mar 02, 2020 16:03US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell issued a statement in which he said that the coronavirus ‘posed an evolving risk’ and the Fed stood ready to take action if needed. Cornerstone Macro economist Roberto Perli said in a note “The Fed has bungled its message on the virus, has confused markets, and has painted itself into an untenable corner,” adding, “Unless the virus is contained quickly, rate cuts in March and beyond are a base case, regardless of recent comments by various officials.”
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Stress, rumors, even violence: Virus fear goes viral
Feb 24, 2020 15:36You’ve probably got a better chance of winning a game than buying face masks in parts of Asia. Conferences have been disrupted from Beijing to Barcelona to Boston. Quarrels in Japan; riots in Ukraine. Rumors that napkins could be used as masks emptied East Asian store shelves of paper goods. Bernie Huang, a high school teacher in Taiwan said “Fear is a very strong emotion, and the prevailing fear over the new coronavirus drives people to do things irrationally without thinking straight.”
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Something special about bat immunity makes them ideal viral incubators
Feb 16, 2020 11:54Researchers say that rapidly replicating viruses that have evolved within bats will probably cause enhanced virulence if they jump to subsequent hosts, including humans, with immune systems that diverge from those unique to bats.
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Fears of global economic slowdown as virus follows trade war
Feb 04, 2020 22:11Zhang Ming, an economist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (part of Beijing’s State Council), predicted that China’s annual growth rate could drop below an annualized five percent in the January-March 2020 quarter. That would be a sharp slowdown compared with six percent annualized growth in the previous quarter.
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Coronavirus: All you need to know about symptoms and risks
Feb 03, 2020 16:47A novel coronavirus, identified by Chinese authorities on January 7 and named 2019-nCoV, is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans. Little is known about it, although human-to-human transmission has been confirmed. According to the WHO, signs of infection include fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, it can lead to pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death.
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Why US government needs a rethink of its China policy
Feb 01, 2020 15:58The huge amount of resources allocated by the US administration to “contain” China were not only wasted, but worsened America’s domestic economic and social problems.
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The flu poses a far greater threat to Americans than the coronavirus from China
Jan 31, 2020 06:55Liz Szabo in his article says, "Influenza has already sickened at least 13 million Americans this winter, hospitalizing 120,000 and killing 6,600, according to the CDC. And flu season hasn’t even peaked. In a bad year, the flu kills up to 61,000 Americans".
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The coronavirus serious public health threat in China
Jan 26, 2020 21:25The happy expectations for the week-long Chinese New Year holidays has been dampened by a new viral infection that is spreading rapidly in China – where cases have been confirmed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong Province – and other countries.