Tag: #Novel Coronavirus

Medical assistance teams leave Wuhan

Left Review Online March 24, 2020

Medical assistance teams leave Wuhan

Beijing. Medical Teams from Hainan, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Sichuan and Xinjiang wave goodbye on Tuesday before their departure from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Central China's Hubei. As the epidemic situation has eased, medical assistance teams in Hubei will leave in batches from March 17. [caption id="attachment_62607"...More

Airports across China accelerate prevention efforts to contain imported infection cases

Left Review Online March 24, 2020

Airports across China accelerate prevention efforts to contain imported infection cases

Beijing. Amid soaring imported COVID-19 cases in China, the international airports in the country have come to play an increasingly important role in the coronavirus pandemic containment. In the departure lounge of Beijing Capital International Airport, GT reporter, on Monday, noticed the number of travelers plunged significantly. Airline...More

Trump’s racist tweet another attempt to deflect blame

Left Review Online March 20, 2020

Trump’s racist tweet another attempt to deflect blame

With the COVID-19 outbreak in full swing in the US, President Donald Trump had the temerity to call it "the Chinese Virus" on Twitter on Tuesday. Labeling a virus to reference to a country, region or people contradicts long-held principles of the World Health Organization (WHO). What prompted...More

US faces risk of economic, political crisis

Wang Cong March 15, 2020

US faces risk of economic, political crisis

Persistent equity sell-offs in the US triggered by panic over the coronavirus outbreak has laid bare deep-seated problems in the US economy and the extremely polarized, volatile political climate in the country, and brought the world's largest economy to the edge of an economic and political crisis with...More

Western conceit continues to cost lives

Shen Yi March 15, 2020

Western conceit continues to cost lives

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to threaten global security, with the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases rising Monday to 113,584, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. China on Monday reported just 19 new infections and 17 new deaths. During an interview with the New York...More

Racism, finger-pointing, politicizing is the American way

Wang Wenwen March 13, 2020

Racism, finger-pointing, politicizing is the American way

The novel coronavirus epidemic has exposed the deep-seated bigotry and substandard manner of some American elites. While China has made enormous sacrifices to contain the spread of the epidemic, and when China's successful practice has gained other countries sufficient time to be alerted and prepared, some Americans just...More

Let the West deceive itself in virus fight

Shi Tian March 12, 2020

Let the West deceive itself in virus fight

Instead of making an all-out effort to fight the coronavirus, some countries in the West have exploited the crisis to attack China's prevention measures, which are proving more than effective. And now that the virus has now gone global, some mainstream Western media have shifted their attacks to...More

Xi’s visit to epicenter Wuhan heralds new phase in fight against epidemic: Analysts

Left Review Online March 12, 2020

Xi’s visit to epicenter Wuhan heralds new phase in fight against epidemic: Analysts

Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, on Tuesday for inspecting the epidemic prevention and control work in Central China's Hubei Province and its capital city Wuhan, sending a strong signal to the entire country and the world...More

President Xi’s inspection instills more optimism in society

Left Review Online March 11, 2020

President Xi’s inspection instills more optimism in society

The inspection tour by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, has greatly inspired Chinese society. People interpret the visit in their own simple way, and optimism has blended with the atmosphere of spring. The Chinese stock market, contrary to European and US stock markets,...More

US govt unlikely to take extreme measures during election year

Zhou Chen, US Health Economist March 10, 2020

US govt unlikely to take extreme measures during election year

Amid the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, over 480 US public health and legal experts jointly signed an open letter to US Vice President Mike Pence and other federal, state and local officials, calling for a "fair and effective COVID-19 response." Chen Zhuo (Chen), an associate professor at the...More

US may face drug supply gap as China’s API companies disrupted amid epidemic

Yin Yeping and Zhang Hongpei March 10, 2020

US may face drug supply gap as China’s API companies disrupted amid epidemic

China' s annual exports of $100 billion worth of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to the US are encountering disruptions as the coronavirus assault continues, industry insiders said. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement on Thursday, saying "a (US) manufacturer has alerted us to a...More

Epidemic won’t spark financial crisis in China

Wang Cong March 10, 2020

Epidemic won’t spark financial crisis in China

China is not facing a financial system crisis, despite mounting pressure from the coronavirus epidemic on the economy and global stock market routs, but further macro stabilizing measures, including more liquidity injections, might be necessary, analysts said on Sunday. Ominous signals have begun to suggest that the epidemic...More

Gap between rich and poor in US laid bare in face of virus

Li Qingqing March 09, 2020

Gap between rich and poor in US laid bare in face of virus

COVID-19 is spreading worldwide, and many countries are facing a big test of their governance systems and ability. The US is also facing the threat of the epidemic, and the most worrying situation in the country is that of the poor. The epidemic shows the world the widening...More

Will US system withstand test of COVID-19?

William Jones March 07, 2020

Will US system withstand test of COVID-19?

The latest figures on the spread of the coronavirus in China clearly indicate the country is starting to gain control over the outbreak, even as cases continue to rise worldwide, including in the US. Despite the extensive ban US President Trump has imposed on people travelling from China,...More

A black swan the US didn’t see coming

Clifford A Kiracofe March 05, 2020

A black swan the US didn’t see coming

Will the coronavirus (COVID-19) become a "black swan" for the US economy and the November 2020 election? Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 broke out in China more than a month ago, the virus has become a rising challenge for many countries around the world, but the West...More