Thousands of Chinese revellers attend music festival Wuhan at start of five-day national holiday 

Thousands of Chinese revellers are attending a music festival in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 outbreak began. The Wuhan Strawberry Music Festival kicked off on Saturday, which was also the beginning of the five-day May Day national holiday in China. Crowds danced, bounced and screamed with delight as some of their favourite acts took … Read more

Coronavirus: China knew Wuhan market was a disease risk for years before Covid, scientist says

Chinese health officials knew Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market was a disease risk for years before the Covid pandemic started there, an Australian scientist has claimed. Professor Eddie Holmes, a virologist at the University of Sydney, said he was taken on a tour of the market by public health officials in the now-infamous city in 2014. … Read more

Coronavirus: China knew Wuhan market was a disease risk for years before Covid, scientist says

Chinese health officials knew Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Market was a disease risk for years before the Covid pandemic started there, an Australian scientist has claimed. Professor Eddie Holmes, a virologist at the University of Sydney, said he was taken on a tour of the market by public health officials in the now-infamous city in 2014. … Read more

Ex CDC director Robert Redfield believes COVID ‘escaped’ from Wuhan lab as early as September 2019

The former director of the CDC, Robert Redfield, says he believes COVID-19 ‘escaped’ from Wuhan lab in China and may have been circling as early as September 2019. Redfield made the admission in a CNN interview on Friday but stressed it was his ‘opinion’. It is the first time Redfield, who was appointed CDC director by … Read more