Mass Coronavirus testing has hit a temporary roadblock in the UK after important components for testing ordered from abroad were discovered to be contaminated with Covid-19. The Telegraph has reported that laboratories across the UK were warned earlier this week that traces of the virus were detected on core parts of testing equipment due for […]
Nadine Maenza, vice chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, a non-partisan organisation which works to protect religious freedom across the globe, has said that China is harvesting the organs of political and religious prisoners to treat COVID-19. 🔴PREMIERE 7pm ET: https://t.co/EOp0uyk5RU China's state-run media have touted double lung transplants for #CCPvirus […]
Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, last week said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) should start calling itself the “Chinese Health Organisation”. Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday that the petition came as many people worry the World Health Organization may have to change […]
We’re obviously all looking for some good news and there is in fact some good news here, but as with all good coronavirus news, it should be treated with extreme caution, unfortunately. The American Federal Drug Agency (FDA) has approved the use of two anti-malarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, for the treatment of Coronavirus after […]
A Scottish church is to sue the City of Edinburgh Council after it cancelled the congregation’s three-day conference because of a keynote speaker’s views on homosexuality and abortion.
A fascinating yarn this morning out of Harvard: Two decades ago Dolly the Sheep changed the way we look at science. Now, using similar technology, scientists at the world-renowned Harvard University have successfully modified the genes of an American Bison calf so that it breathes in CO2, and excretes Oxygen through its lungs, in a […]
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 […]
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 […]