60 Minutes Australia is reporting that Dr Ai Fen, head of the emergency department at Wuhan Central Hospital, has disappeared. Update: A video is currently circulating on Weibo claiming to be a recording of Dr Ai speaking at a online event after her reported disappearance. The video is short, and has no sound, but it […]
Look, that’s a tough headline. But it’s also objectively true. Do you remember this story we wrote here on Gript a few weeks ago? You probably don’t, so here’s a refresher: That was on March 10th. On that day, RTE’s Fergal Bowers reported the following: Department of Health has said that general visiting restrictions […]
The German finance minister for the state of Hesse is believed to have taken his own life after reportedly expressing “despair” over the economic impact of coronavirus. Minister Thomas Schaefer, 54, was found dead near train tracks in Hochheim on Saturday, with reports that his body was damaged beyond recognition when police arrived, and was […]
The Netherlands has been forced to recall hundreds of thousands of protective face masks imported from China after they were found to be defective. The health ministry has recalled 600,000 masks because they failed to meet quality standards. Dutch authorities received 1.3 million face masks from China on March 21 and distributed hundreds of thousands […]
Italians are sharing the good news story of a 101-year-old who has been discharged from hospital after recovering from the coronavirus COVID-19. The Local.it reports that the man, from Rimini “is back at home with his family on Friday after beating the infection”. The man, identified only as “Mr. P” by authorities, was born during […]
The World Health Organisation has been left deeply embarrassed after a television interview in which Dr Bruce Aylward, who was the co-lead of WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China, refused to acknowledge any questions he was asked about Taiwan’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Dr Aylward first says he cannot hear the question when asked “Will […]
Amidst the news of lockdowns, rising numbers of deaths, and panic buying, comes some reassurances from an expert in – what might be some good news from a leading expert who has examined the data and predicts a less gloomy outcome than most. The Los Angeles Times reports that Michael Levitt, a Stanford biophysicist, who […]
At least two companies backed by the Chinese Communist Party have been involved in the mass stockpiling of medical supplies since January of this year. The stockpiled supplies, which were gathered from various countries around the globe, primarily consisted of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves, and hazmat suits, which was then flown […]
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, appeared to contradict the official advice given by the HSE on abortion pill provision during a debate on the Emergency Measures legislation in the Dáíl yesterday. Sinn Feín and left-wing TDs including Bríd Smith and Paul Murphy had sought amendments to the emergency legislation which would permit a doctor or nurse to […]
A very significant majority of the public submissions made to a consultation on abortion in Northern Ireland organised by the British government opposed any changes to the abortion law. 79% – almost four out of every five submissions – “registered their general opposition to any abortion provision in Northern Ireland beyond that which is currently […]
Late last night Gardaí in Limerick arrested a man after a high-speed chase through Limerick. Gardaí attempted to stop a car in the Ballynanty area of Limerick but the vehicle drove away at high speed through a number of housing estates before eventually being stopped with the assistance of the Armed Support Unit (ASU), a […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for Coronavirus, he announced in a video posted to his twitter account this morning: Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight […]