The Chinese laboratory at the center of scrutiny over a potential coronavirus leak has been using U.S. government money to carry out research on bats from the caves which scientists believe are the original source of the deadly outbreak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in … Read more
The Chinese laboratory at the center of scrutiny over a potential coronavirus leak has been using U.S. government money to carry out research on bats from the caves which scientists believe are the original source of the deadly outbreak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: No one really wants to become dependent on handouts but in times of crisis government must bridge the gap By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 10 April 2020 | Updated: 23:25 BST, 10 April 2020 You know the nation is experiencing something serious when HM Treasury has to seek … Read more
US government suspends all research involving bats out of concern that humans could pass coronavirus on and make the pandemic harder to contain US government officials have suspended all bat research during COVID-19 They fear humans could pass the virus to bats, making the pandemic harder to contain and eventually eliminate Bats are common carriers … Read more
More than 40 coronavirus testing sites are in danger of closing after the Trump administration says it federal funding for them on Friday On Friday, the federal government is ending funding for coronavirus testing sites across the US More than 40 of these sites in state such as Colorado and Pennsylvania are either in danger … Read more
Brazil’s health minister says the government should turn to gang and militia leaders in dangerous and overcrowded favelas to develop a coronavirus strategy Brazil Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said the government should engage favela gang and militia leaders to combat the coronavirus The overcrowded slums are home to about 11 million people or 2% … Read more
Government extends overdraft with the Bank of England to pay for its coronavirus spending spree By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 9 April 2020 The Government has extended its overdraft with the Bank of England to finance its coronavirus spending spree. The emergency funding … Read more
The row over Britain’s coronavirus lockdown intensified last night after a Government scientific adviser said the country ‘cannot hide away forever’ from the disease. Rupert Shute, the deputy scientific adviser at the Home Office, predicted that 80 per cent of people would get the disease anyway. Speaking to passport officials in an attempt to urge … Read more
‘80% of us will get coronavirus’: Scientific adviser to the Government says there is no more risk at work than at home and insists we ‘cannot hide from it forever’ You’re no more at risk at work than you are at home, claims Government adviser Rupert Shute’s comments feed into debate over lockdown effectiveness Foreign … Read more
Some veterans of the Australian Defence Force have criticized a new study testing the effectiveness of antimalarial medication as a COVID-19 prophylaxis, which uses soldiers as test subjects. A small selection of soldiers from the ADF will be given a range of doses of the antimalarial drug chloroquine to see whether it can really stop, … Read more