Dr. Rick Brennan, Director of Emergency Operations for the World Health Organization’s Emergencies Program, said on Monday that the number of coronavirus deaths in Iran could be up to five times higher than the official numbers released by the Iranian health ministry.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro imposed a nationwide quarantine on Monday after many Venezuelans ignored his announcement of a “social quarantine” as protection against the Chinese coronavirus and went to work.
Ohio postponed its March 17 primary at the last minute over mounting coronavirus concerns, Gov. Mike DeWine affirmed Monday night.
Gordon Chang noted mirrored narratives between U.S. left-wing media and China’s state-run propaganda regarding the coronavirus outbreak.
The Communist Party of China, through its foreign ministry and propaganda arms, vocally objected on Tuesday to President Donald Trump referring to the Chinese coronavirus, originating in the central city of Wuhan, as “the Chinese Virus,” claiming that doing so was “racist.”
Actor George Takei has asked his 2.9 million followers on Twitter to report President Donald Trump to the platform’s authorities for “stoking racism” after the president correctly referred to the coronavirus pandemic as originating in China.
Britain’s Chief Scientific Adviser has told the public that the fight against the Wuhan coronavirus is a “national effort” in which everyone must play a part.
The Austrian government has introduced new restrictive measures to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, including banning meetings of five or more people.
“Well, it may be,” he said when asked by reporters whether he thought the economy was in a rescission. “We’re not thinking in terms of recession. We’re thinking in terms of the virus.”
Thousands of foreign nationals have been caught attempting to cross into the United States from Canada before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would close the nation’s borders to foreign travelers.
Over 450 employees of Duval County Public Schools (DCPS), covering the school district in Jacksonville, Florida, have reported the need to self-quarantine, according to local media.
President Trump’s coronavirus travel bans have been effective in refusing air travel entry to the United States for Chinese nationals, Iranian nationals, and recent visitors to either of those countries.
Trump administration officials warned the public on Monday that a foreign disinformation campaign is trying to incite panic over a non-existent national lockdown over coronavirus.
Iranian state media on Sunday denounced as “fake news” a viral video depicting enormous mass graves dug for coronavirus victims near the Shiite holy city of Qom, epicenter of Iran’s deadly outbreak.
Geopolitical experts speaking to the anti-communist publication Epoch Times in an article published Sunday indicated that political and economic ties to China hurt Italy, South Korea, and Iran in attempts to contain the Chinese coronavirus.
Refugee resettlement to the United States from 23 countries with confirmed coronavirus infections is continuing with little-to-no changes by the State Department.
U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Robert Abrams told reporters on Friday he is “fairly certain” the coronavirus has spread to North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s official statement claiming it has documented zero cases so far.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo conveyed “strong objections” to Yang Jiechi, Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, on Monday over what the State Department described as “PRC efforts to shift blame for COVID-19 to the United States.”
In the last 24 hours, 349 people have died in Italy from the Chinese coronavirus, bringing the nation’s death toll to 2,158 on Monday, from 1,809 a day earlier.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani insisted on Sunday that “there is no such thing as quarantine” in the country to prevent the spread of Chinese coronavirus, later urging Iranians to stay in their homes.
An Italian mayor says that his city’s crematory is now “unable to dispose of all the work it has to do,” as there have been so many bodies of those who have died due to the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump urged governors to build up their own supply of the bedside ventilators which are needed to keep victims alive as the Chinese-originating epidemic floods their lungs, the New York Times reported.
Ohio is expected to offer a “curbside” voting option for voters heading to the polls on Tuesday amid fears of the coronavirus.
Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) office urged his Senate Republican colleagues to pass their own coronavirus package that he argues would better alleviate the economic effects of the outbreak.
“It might be US army [sic] who brought the epidemic to Wuhan,” tweeted a Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson last week. He then followed up by tweeting a report from a conspiracy website, stating that it provided “further evidence that the virus originated in the US.”
Officials are cutting and consolidating several polling stations in Arizona’s Maricopa County for the swiftly approaching March 17 primary due to poll workers canceling and a general lack of cleaning supplies, according to local officials.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is floating a plan to “get cash into the hands of affected workers and their families” due to national shutdowns of businesses in nearly every industry from the coronavirus outbreak.
Hundreds of residents of Yingcheng, Hubei – the epicenter of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China – organized a protest against the arrest of a man selling fresh, affordable food as an alternative to the Communist Party’s old, overpriced offerings,
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro ordered a “social quarantine” on Monday affecting six states and the capital Caracas to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus, which risks causing huge damage across a country which has previously been described as in the midst of a “health holocaust.”
China’s Global Times propaganda newspaper repeatedly attacked Western democracies on Sunday for its measures to control the Chinese coronavirus, the spread of which the Chinese government facilitated for months before alerting the world to the new pathogen.
The Islamic State has issued travel advice to supporters, telling would-be killers to avoid Europe during the coronavirus outbreak.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tested negative for the novel coronavirus, he announced in a statement on Sunday evening.
MGM Resorts International announced Sunday that it will temporarily close its properties in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a precaution against the Chinese coronavirus.
Joe Biden has refused to listen to the nation’s leading medical experts in terms of containing the coronavirus in the interior of the United States.
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) slipped up during Sunday evening’s CNN Democrat debate and called the illegal immigrant population “undocumented alien[s],” language that is sharply disavowed by the open borders lobby.
In the last 24 hours, 368 people have died in Italy from the coronavirus, bringing the nation’s death toll to 1,809 from 1,441 a day earlier — a 25 percent increase and the highest daily death toll Italy has seen yet.
A video posted to social media on Saturday shows a man flipping through an Italian newspaper to show the obituaries of Italians who have died from the coronavirus in just one city in northern Italy.
Pop star Katy Perry shared video over the weekend of Italians on lockdown due to the coronavirus singing her hit song “Roar” from their homes, while the streets of their cities remain barren. These beautiful moments, many of which are
Prime Minister Boris Jonson is asking British manufacturers to switch their production lines to start mass-producing ventilators, as the nation faces a shortage of the critical machines in the event of a large-scale coronavirus outbreak.
Pope Francis has written a powerful letter urging priests in Rome to step up the spiritual care of souls during the coronavirus pandemic.
