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Trump Threatens To Cut Off WHO Funding After China Rift

Trump Threatens To Cut Off WHO Funding After China Rift

April 8, 2020 2:07 pm

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut US funding for the World Health Organization after accusing it of pro-China bias.

“We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We’re going to put a very powerful hold on it, and we’re going to see,” Trump said at the White House coronavirus task force briefing.

Hours earlier, he attacked the organization in a tweet.

“The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good look,” Trump wrote.

“Fortunately I rejected their advice

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Coronavirus- Chinese Doctors Arrive Nigeria Today

Coronavirus: Chinese Doctors Arrive Nigeria Today

April 8, 2020 1:48 pm

A 15-member medical team from China will arrive in Nigeria today. The Chinese medical team will arrive at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, via a chattered Air Peace aircraft.

They are coming to Nigeria despite opposition by the Nigerian Medical Association.

However, the visiting Chinese medical team includes experts in infectious diseases, respiratory illness, intensive care, cardiology, neurology, general surgery and anesthesiology.

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They are expected to arrive with their drugs, and equipment to carry out COVID-19 tests on the staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation in …

Buhari Govt Under Fire As China Kicks Out Igbo Indigenes

Buhari Govt Under Fire As China Kicks Out Igbo Indigenes

April 8, 2020 7:43 am

A South East group, the Igbo Renaissance Forum has reacted to the demeaning treatment currently being meted out on Igbo people in China.

Video clips emerged from different social media platforms yesterday showing Chinese authorities kicking Nigerians out of their hotels over Coronavirus fears.

In a statement on Wednesday, signed by International Coordinator, Nze Ugo-Akpe Onwuka (Oyi) the forum said it “received with amazement and shock the inhuman and demeaning treatment currently being meted out on Ndi Igbo and other Nigerians in China.”

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The group warned that Ndi Igbo were

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Coronavirus Infections Records Low Numbers In China

Coronavirus Infections Records Low Numbers In China

April 1, 2020 12:13 pm

China where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged in December reported dwindling new infections on Wednesday.

For the first time it disclosed the number of asymptomatic cases which could complicate how trends in the outbreak are read.

Almost all of Tuesday’s 36 new cases involved arrivals from overseas, the National Health Commission said, down from 48 a day earlier and taking total infections to 81,554.

But that figure excludes 130 new sufferers of the highly contagious disease who do not show symptoms, its statistics showed.

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China has decided to devote …

Coronavirus - China Imposes Entry Ban, Cancels All Visas

Coronavirus: China Imposes Entry Ban, Cancels All Visas

March 27, 2020 6:31 am
China’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday the temporary suspension of all entries into the country from Saturday.

The entry restriction came as the coronavirus pandemic hits over 540,000 people worldwide and the United States upstaged China  and Italy as the new epicentre of the virus.

” It is a temporary measure that China is compelled to take in light of the outbreak situation and the practices of other countries,” the foreign ministry said in a statement..

The  restriction  affects foreign nationals holding valid visas or residence permits.

However, it exempted entry with diplomatic service, courtesy or C visas.

Also exempted from …

Spain Surpasses China In Coronavirus Deaths

Spain Surpasses China In Coronavirus Deaths

March 25, 2020 1:13 pm

Spain has recorded more than 700 deaths over the past 24 hours, surpassing China in the total death toll, making the country now second to only Italy.

Meanwhile, India’s 1.3 billion people have joined the global lockdown triggered by the outbreak as the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern at the acceleration of the pandemic in the United States. On Wednesday, Russia also ordered non-essential workers to stay home next week.

The White House and Senate leaders of both parties have struck an agreement on a sweeping $2 trillion measure to aid workers, businesses and a healthcare system strained by …

Italy Virus Toll Hits One-Day Record With Huge Surge

Italy Virus Toll Hits One-Day Record With Huge Surge

March 20, 2020 4:28 pm

Italy reported a dramatic surge in coronavirus deaths on Friday as the pandemic spread further across the planet, but Wuhan in China reported no new cases, sparking a glimmer of hope.

Worldwide fatalities from the pandemic swept past 10,000, with the number of infected people topping 250,000, according to an AFP tally.

Italy, already the worst-affected country in the world, added another 627 fatalities, taking its reported total past 4,000 despite government efforts to stem the pandemic’s spread.

The nation of 60 million now accounts for 36.6 percent of the world’s coronavirus deaths.

Governments and central banks continued to throw …

Coronavirus Deaths Pass 10,000

Coronavirus Deaths Pass 10,000

March 20, 2020 11:47 am

More than 10,000 people have now died in a coronavirus pandemic that has swept from China throughout the world, forcing the confinement of tens of millions in their homes.

As the virus has marched westwards, the severity of the outbreaks and the focus of concern has shifted from Asia to Europe, with increasingly tough restrictions being imposed by national governments.

The US state of California, among the worst hit in the country, has told its 40 million residents to stay at home, the most drastic move yet in the United States to combat the pandemic.

However, the California measures will …

Italy Overtakes China As Nation With Most Virus Deaths

Italy Overtakes China As Nation With Most Virus Deaths

March 19, 2020 5:12 pm

Italy passed a grim milestone on Thursday when it overtook China as the country with most reported deaths from the new coronavirus sweeping the planet.

The world has stepped up its war to try to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19, with several countries imposing lockdowns that are keeping tens of millions of people trapped in their homes.

But the death toll has soared in Europe even as China saw a glimmer of hope with zero new domestic cases reported for the first time.

Italy announced another 427 fatalities on Thursday, taking its total to 3,405, according to an AFP …

China Expels Several US Journalists In Biggest Crackdown

China Expels Several US Journalists In Biggest Crackdown

March 17, 2020 5:06 pm

China on Wednesday expelled American journalists at the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal in the Communist government’s most severe move against foreign media in recent memory.

The foreign ministry said in a statement the measure was in retaliation for Washington’s decision to cut the number of Chinese nationals allowed to work for Chinese state-run media on American soil.

The announcement comes as the two countries are feuding over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, with President Donald Trump defiantly calling it the “Chinese virus” and a senior official in Beijing promoting conspiracy theories of US involvement.…

Covid-19 China’s First Corona Patient - How The Pandemic Started

China’s First Covid-19 Patient: How The Pandemic Started

March 15, 2020 6:22 am

The South China Morning Post said a 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus spreading across the globe.

The patient’s case was logged on Nov. 17, 2019, more than a month earlier than doctors noted cases in Wuhan, China, which is in Hubei province, at the end of December 2019.

At the time, authorities suspected the virus stemmed from something sold at a wet market in the city.

However, it’s now clear that early in what is now a pandemic, some infected people …

Fresh Tragedy Hits China

Fresh Tragedy Hits China

March 8, 2020 6:39 am
Amidst coronavirus carnage in China, at least six people were killed east of the country after the collapse of a hotel used as a quarantine facility.

Rescuers retrieved 43 people from the rubble, of whom 37 are still alive, the ministry said on its firefighting department’s social media account.

The coastal city of Quanzhou has recorded 47 cases of the COVID-19 infection and the hotel had been repurposed to house people who had been in recent contact with confirmed patients, the People’s Daily state newspaper reported.

Video posted by the firefighting department showed rescuers putting a surgical mask on …

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