Tag: China

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Eighth case of coronavirus confirmed in US day after public health emergency declared

Caitlin Yilek · February 1, 2020 7:36 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Coronavirus whistleblower punished for ‘spreading rumors’ now infected with disease

Spencer Neale · February 1, 2020 7:08 pm

People queue up to buy face masks at a cosmetics shop in Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.

‘Huge spike in sales’: DC running out of face masks as Trump declares coronavirus emergency

Spencer Neale · January 31, 2020 10:23 pm

Beltway Confidential

Martial arts superstars and radical Hong Kong protesters fall short in historic moment

Ying Ma · January 31, 2020 8:19 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Top US infectious disease doctor has ‘no doubt’ coronavirus can spread before symptoms

Zach Halaschak · January 31, 2020 7:28 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, turns to answer a reporter's question as he departs after a closed-door briefing for the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Washington.

‘Dystopian situation’: China using ‘sharp-tongued drones’ to force citizens to wear face masks

John Gage · January 31, 2020 7:25 pm

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the EU3 and Iran at EEAS headquarters in Brussels on Thursday Jan. 11, 2018. European Union foreign ministers held talks with their Iranian counterpart in Brussels on Thursday amid doubts over the future of an international agreement curbing the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.

‘A future outside the EU’: Will Brexit make Britain great again?

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2020 6:36 pm

A woman wears a mask as an employee works to prevent a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain.

Government orders quarantine of 195 evacuees from China due to coronavirus

Kimberly Leonard · January 31, 2020 6:35 pm

True China coronavirus cases number could be 10 times official figure: Study

Cassidy Morrison · January 31, 2020 6:01 pm

Beltway Confidential

Pro-life group banned from TikTok for being pro-life

Madeline Fry Schultz · January 31, 2020 5:54 pm

American Airlines' planes are parked at a gate at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.

Three airlines suspend flights to mainland China over coronavirus

Caitlin Yilek · January 31, 2020 5:41 pm

A girl wearing a face mask stands in the entrance to a shop in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020

‘Sit and wait to die’: Wuhan citizen blasts Chinese response to ‘demon’ coronavirus

Spencer Neale · January 31, 2020 5:09 pm