A top public health official in Hong Kong has warned the coronavirus epidemic could quickly turn into a pandemic and infect two-thirds of the world’s population if it is not controlled. In an interview with The Guardian, Professor Gabriel Leung, chair of public health medicine at Hong Kong University, said…
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High levels of sulphur dioxide (SO2) have been detected in newly released satellite images of the Chinese cities of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and Chongqing, another area devastated by the deadly virus. Scientists say that sulphur dioxide is produced when bodies are cremated, and also when medical…
Nearly three years ago, the New York Times reported that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a then-candidate aiming to take charge of the World Health Organization (WHO), was accused of covering up three cholera epidemics in his home country, Ethiopia, when he served as health minister. Lawrence O. Gostin, a health expert…
As tens of millions in countless cities across China become quarantined due to an outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus, videos from the highly-censored communist country have been leaked online showing infected victims collapsing and sprawled out in busy urban public spaces. Watch below (Warning: the following footage may be disturbing;…