The United States and other Western governments have been accusing China of deliberately concealing critical information regarding the coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak. The Chinese government has rejected these claims, but a report titled The Wuhan Files, published by CNN, has seemingly exposed that the authorities downplayed confirmed cases and failed to disclose ...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new national lockdown restrictions in the country amidst rapidly surging cases triggered by a new strain of COVID-19. The restrictions are expected to remain active for at least the entire month of January. Johnson noted that the new strain, named B.1.1.7, was spreading in a “frustrating and alarming” manner. ...
A year after the spread of COVID-19, China is intensifying its propaganda efforts to blame the CCP virus origin on other countries. The debates on the origin of the pandemic caused significant diplomatic tension between the West and China. Leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, accused Beijing of preventing a transparent investigation into the virus ...
The fall-winter holiday season, including Christmas and New Year’s day, started with Thanksgiving. But on this, the 400th anniversary since the Pilgrims first gathered to celebrate the harvest and the fact that they had managed to survive in the New World, Thanksgiving day celebrations were placed under strict guidelines imposed by federal and state authorities ...
The COVID-19 epidemic is disrupting society and business, upending people’s lives, and causing widespread concern in this age of uncertainty, but also moments of compassion. Today, the CCP virus, which is known by other names, such as the coronavirus or COVID-19, is ravaging the entire world with worry. So far, almost 40 million people worldwide have ...
The COVID-19 outbreak has made face masks a part of our daily lives. In China, face masks were used for an interesting reason prior to the pandemic — to cover the faces of statues as a sign of protest against China’s high levels of pollution. Statues and face masks It was around 2014 that the ...
Now seeking asylum in the United States, a Chinese virologist formerly employed at Hong Kong University has given her account of the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying that the Chinese authorities knew COVID-19 was spreading among humans in December 2019, but covered up the news for several weeks. Dr. Yan Li-meng, then a ...
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are more than 3.3 billion participants in the global workforce, with almost 1.6 billion employed in the informal sector. The CCP virus outbreak and the subsequent lockdowns have made many of them jobless. The labor problem created by the CCP virus Employment conditions in the informal sector ...
U.S. President Donald Trump recently raised the possibility of using light to destroy the CCP virus. Though some people mocked the idea, research suggests that he might actually be right to an extent. Ultraviolet (UV) light is being proposed as a possible weapon to eliminate the CCP virus from potentially infected surfaces. UV and the ...
Children have been one of the most affected groups by the CCP virus outbreak. Whether it is the regular, school-going student or child who goes to work to feed his family, the virus has restricted them to their homes, opening up a world of problems many are finding difficult to cope with. Children in danger ...