Window of opportunity to contain COVID-19 is narrowing, warns WHO chief
The window of opportunity to contain novel coronavirus is narrowing as the number of cases with no clear epidemiological link, such as travel history to China or contact with a…
Category: China
Coronavirus: A preprint provides ammunition to conspiracy theories about virus origin
A preprint by two Chinese authors has without a shred of evidence provided much ammunition to conspiracy theories that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) might have come from a Chinese lab.…
COVID-19: China once again changes case definition in Hubei province
On February 20, China once again changed the case definition in Hubei province. All clinically confirmed cases will now be classified under suspected cases. Only molecular test positives will be…
Coronavirus: Opacity in the time of an outbreak can kill more people
China could have contained the spread with very little effort and resources had it been transparent and acted on time. Downplaying and being secretive about public health issues, particularly novel…
Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients
A pharma company in China is testing convalescent plasma therapy to treat critically sick COVID-19 patients. So far, 13 patients have been treated and some improvements in clinical symptoms have…
WHO refuses to call novel coronavirus by official name
Three days after the novel coronavirus got an official name — SARS-CoV-2 — WHO will not mention the virus by its official name. It will instead call it as “virus…
Coronavirus: Saliva of COVID-19 patients contain virus, study finds
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can also be present in saliva, according to a study carried out on 12 patients admitted in hospitals. The presence of live virus in saliva was…
Explainer: How WHO names a new disease
WHO announced COVID-19 as the name for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The disease was named by following the 2015 guidelines. The guidelines prohibit the use of geographic…
