By Natalie Escobar, NPR The global response to COVID-19 has made clear that the fear of contracting disease has an ugly cousin: xenophobia. As the coronavirus has spread from China to other countries, anti-Asian discrimination has followed closely behind, manifesting in plummeting sales at Chinese restaurants, near-deserted Chinatown districts and racist bullying against people perceived to be Chinese. We asked […]
By Clare Foran, Phil Mattingly and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – The House voted on Wednesday to pass a sweeping spending package to dedicate billions of dollars to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak as lawmakers scramble to combat the spread of the disease. The measure will next need to be taken up by the Senate. The White House is […]
“There are two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York City. One new patient is a man in his 40s, and one new patient is a woman in her 80s. Neither patient has a connection to travel nor any of the other local individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. Both are currently hospitalized and in the intensive […]
By Elizabeth Chuck, MSN As the novel coronavirus spreads around the globe, sickening more than 90,000 people and killing about 3,000, doctors have noticed something curious: Very few children have been diagnosed with it. And of those who have, most have had mild cases. In China, where the outbreak started, children comprise just 2.4 percent of all reported […]
By BBC Covid-19 – the coronavirus previously unknown to science – has been causing severe lung disease in China and has also been confirmed in other countries, including the UK. With many having died from the outbreak, and with no sign of it stopping soon, the BBC’s medical correspondent Fergus Walsh assesses how worried […]
By BBC If I’m worried about catching coronavirus, should I wear a face mask? Rachel Burden spoke to the BBC’s health correspondent Fergus Walsh and Professor Sian Griffiths from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
By BBC As China battles coronavirus, medics treating people on the front line are being hailed as heroes. For the first country dealing with this new, potentially fatal, disease, it was always going to be tough. Chinese doctors and nurses have been putting their lives as risk. And the BBC’s Stephen McDonell says they’re […]
By BBC Coronavirus has caused the Chinese economy to slow, with small businesses being affected the most. The BBC’s Stephen McDonell takes a walk around what are usually busy shopping streets, to see how people are coping. Filmed and edited by Ed Lawrence
By BBC People should be washing their hands for 20 seconds to protect themselves from the virus known as Covid-19. That’s according to Public Health England. The UK government is still working to contain the outbreak but the prime minister has warned that it’s “highly likely” the UK will see further infection. The BBC’s […]