The immediate execution of a North Korean official who went to a public bath
North Korea authorities executed a high-ranking official for going to a public bath in what was supposed to be quarantine because of fears of infection with the Coronavirus, British newspaper Daily Mail reported on Friday. The Daily Mail quoted North Korea’s Dong-e Poo newspaper as…
An epidemic every 100 years: Plague of 1720, cholera of 1820, Spanish flu of 1920, coronavirus of 2020
Every hundred years, there seems to be a great pandemic, plague 1720, cholera epidemic 1820 and Spanish flu 1920. The pandemics mentioned above seem to follow the same pattern as the current viral epidemic in China. But history has really repeated itself, was this virus…
Coronavirus: “two thirds of the world’s population could be affected”
Professor Gabriel Leung of the University of Hong Kong has very pessimistically anticipated the spread of the coronavirus. He told the Guardian that 60% of the world’s population could be reached if the epidemic were not controlled. In an interview with The Guardian, Professor Gabriel Leung,…
More than 15,000 cases of corona in one day in China
Some 15,000 additional contaminations to the coronavirus, now called Covid-19, were announced by China on Thursday, which justifies this record leap by a new method of calculating cases of infection. The main culprits of the cradle province of the epidemic have been sacked. A figure largely…
Coronavirus. The pangolin, this small mammal suspected of having transmitted the virus to humans
The pangolin, a small mammal with scales in danger of extinction, could be the animal that transmitted the new coronavirus to humans, Chinese scientists said on Friday (February 7th). Researchers at the Southern China University of Agriculture have identified pangolin as a possible intermediate host that facilitated the transmission of the…
No kissing or petting to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s consumer health watchdog advised people on Friday to refrain from greeting each other with handshakes, kisses or hugs and to wear medical masks in crowded public places to try to prevent the spread of the virus epidemic in China. Russia, which…
H5N1 avian flu virus re-emerges in China, in addition to coronavirus
On Saturday, February 1, China announced the re-emergence of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in Hunan Province, bordering Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. As China faces an epidemic of coronavirus, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced that H5N1 bird flu…
Coronavirus symptoms : these signs that should alert you
For several weeks, the coronavirus has been a source of concern on several continents. This virus, apparently born in the heart of a seafood market in Wuhan, in central China, has already killed 81 people there, and 2,744 cases have been identified throughout the country. 40,000 people…
The coronavirus: How do bats live with all these viruses?
Bats are likely to be the possible source of the coronavirus epidemic, which appeared in China, as these organisms have been shown to have an immune system that allows them to coexist with many pathogenic viruses. “We do not yet know the source of this…
A REAL-TIME MAP TO MONITOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHINESE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC
As the mysterious Chinese coronavirus seems to be spreading more and more, a map allows you to follow the evolution of the epidemic in real time. The map, available HERE , was developed by researchers from Johns-Hopkins University in the United States. It lists all confirmed cases worldwide,…