Tag Archives: COVID-19

• Exiled Dalai Lama marks 80 years as Tibet’s spiritual leader 22 February 2020 This post has one comment

  The Dalai Lama on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of his enthronement as the spiritual leader of Tibet, a position held almost entirely in exile and as a target of constant vilification by the Chinese state. ...

• Mentseekhang asked to stop selling “coronavirus prevention pills” 21 February 2020 | HT Correspondent This post has 7 comments

  On directions from the state health authorities, the sale of a traditional Tibetan medicine that supposedly prevents the spread of infectious diseases, including coronavirus, has been stopped. ...

• China virus deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll 9 February 2020 | Patrick Baert and Helen Roxburgh This post has 2 comments

  The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 800 in mainland China on Sunday, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be stabilising. ...

• India tour operators face severe blow from China coronavirus 7 February 2020 | Manoj Kumar This post has 2 comments

  Indian tour operators say they could lose up to $500 million because of cancellations from tourists from China and other countries due to the coronavirus outbreak, a cost that could rise four-fold if it persists through the year. ...

• World currently ‘not in a pandemic’ of China virus: WHO 4 February 2020 This post has 2 comments

  The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a "pandemic". ...

• Built in 10 days, China’s virus hospital takes 1st patients 3 February 2020 | Joe McDonald This post has 11 comments

  The first patients arrived Monday at a 1,000-bed hospital built in 10 days as part of China's sweeping efforts to fight a new virus that is causing global alarm. A second 1,500-bed facility due to open this week. ...

• Deadliest day for China in virus fight, as global fears mount 30 January 2020 | Sébastien Ricci This post has one comment

  China reported its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as global fears deepened with more infections confirmed overseas including three Japanese evacuated from the outbreak's epicentre. ...

• Chinese embassy wants Danish paper to apologize for coronavirus cartoon 29 January 2020 This post has no comments yet

  China’s embassy in Denmark has demanded an apology from daily Jyllands-Posten after it published a cartoon of the Chinese flag with its five yellow stars represented by coronavirus particles. ...

• China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions 27 January 2020 | Barbara Ortutay and Elaine Kurtenbach This post has no comments yet

  With tens of millions of Chinese ordered to stay put and many others avoiding travel as a new virus spreads, tourism around the globe is taking a heavy hit during one of the biggest travel seasons in Asia, the Lunar New Year. ...

• China virus death toll rises to 56, total cases near 2,000 26 January 2020 This post has one comment

  The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities said Sunday. Among the new deaths, 13 were in Hubei, the province at the heart of the outbreak ...