‘I have never said there is NO human-to-human transmission’: Head of China’s CDC refutes accusation

The head of China’s CDC has claimed that he had never said there was no human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus as he defended Beijing’s handling of the pandemic. The Chinese government has been accused of providing misleading information in the early days of the crisis after it stressed no evidence suggested the virus could … Read more

Editor of medical journal accuses Number 10 of ‘deliberately rewriting history’ amid coronavirus

Claim – On the third Friday in January Coronavirus was already spreading around the world but the government ‘brushed aside’ the threat in an hour-long COBR meeting and said the risk to the UK public was ‘low’. Response – At a very basic level, this is wrong. The meeting was on the fourth Friday in … Read more

Editor of medical journal accuses Number 10 of ‘deliberately rewriting history’ amid coronavirus

Claim – On the third Friday in January Coronavirus was already spreading around the world but the government ‘brushed aside’ the threat in an hour-long COBR meeting and said the risk to the UK public was ‘low’. Response – At a very basic level, this is wrong. The meeting was on the fourth Friday in … Read more

Beijing’s state anchor tells the Arabic world that coronavirus pandemic started in the US

A Chinese state media presenter has claimed that the coronavirus originated from the US instead of China in an Arabic programme. The anchor, who calls herself ‘Ms V’, referred to several conspiracy theories in an opinion show on CGTN to prove ‘it is clear that the virus in China was transmitted from abroad’. The Arabic-speaking … Read more

China is desperate to overtake America as the world’s economic superpower – and who can stop it

On Saturday, the Mail launched a new series uncovering China’s role in fuelling the coronavirus pandemic. We have investigated claims about the origins of the virus in Wuhan and documented the cover-up of the outbreak by the Chinese authorities. Today, in the concluding article, we explore fears that China is in prime position to exploit … Read more

China is desperate to overtake America as the world’s economic superpower – and who can stop it

On Saturday, the Mail launched a new series uncovering China’s role in fuelling the coronavirus pandemic. We have investigated claims about the origins of the virus in Wuhan and documented the cover-up of the outbreak by the Chinese authorities. Today, in the concluding article, we explore fears that China is in prime position to exploit … Read more

Up to 30% of coronavirus patients hardly develop ANY antibodies

Up to 30 percent of coronavirus patients may not develop enough antibodies to offer them any protection from reinfection, a recent study suggests.  The Trump administration has repeatedly pointed to the results of antibody testing as a key signal for when the US can reopen.    But experts have cautioned that disparate antibody tests are being … Read more

Coronavirus HAS mutated: Strains that evolved to be far deadlier have spread in Europe and New York

The novel coronavirus has mutated which could have very deadly complications for the pandemic, a new small study finds. A team of Chinese researchers from Zhejiang University say there are at least 30 strains of the virus, known as SARS-COV-2. Strains within China were some of the most dangerous and resembled ones that spread across … Read more

Coronavirus HAS mutated: Strains that evolved to be far deadlier have spread in Europe and New York

The novel coronavirus has mutated which could have very deadly complications for the pandemic, a new small study finds. A team of Chinese researchers from Zhejiang University say there are at least 30 strains of the virus, known as SARS-COV-2. Strains within China were some of the most dangerous and resembled ones that spread across … Read more

Beijing’s state anchor tells the Arabic world that coronavirus pandemic started in the US

A Chinese state media presenter has claimed that the coronavirus originated from the US instead of China in an Arabic programme. The anchor, who calls herself ‘Ms V’, referred to several conspiracy theories in an opinion show on CGTN to prove ‘it is clear that the virus in China was transmitted from abroad’. The Arabic-speaking … Read more