Tag Archives: Wuhan

‘After Boris Johnson’s Zoom call, all hell broke loose’: inside the world’s favourite video app 

Ten years ago, Silicon Valley had written off Zoom. Now it’s used by everyone from princes to piano teachersOn 6 January, a day after the World Heath Organization first reported a strange cluster of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, China, a party invitation dropped online. “Mark your calendars”, read the invite sent out by Zoom, a video-conferencing company ba […]

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COVID-19 vaccine trials from the University of Oxford and Wuhan both show early positive results 

There are more promising signs from ongoing efforts to develop a vaccine that’s effective in preventing COVID-19: Two early trials, one from the University of Oxford, and one from a group of researchers in Wuhan funded in part by the National Key R&D Programme of China. Both early trials showed efficacy in increasing the presence of antibody respons […]

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Pittsburgh Seemed Like a Virus Success Story. Now Cases Are Surging. 

Pittsburgh, a sister city to Wuhan, China, saw only modest cases for months. In the last two weeks, cases are suddenly soaring.

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Coronavirus: All you need to know in under 500 words 

Virus reported to have originated in China’s Wuhan has killed more than 521,000 people and infected over 11 million.

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How Hong Kong beat coronavirus and avoided lockdown 

Hong Kong is one of the world’s densest cities. Public transit is often packed. There are even direct flights from Wuhan. Yet, the city managed to handle the outbreak with a combination of factors.

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Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks Right-Wing Rally Into Racist Singalong 

The comedian disguised himself as a bluegrass artist and led some members of the crowd to sing about injecting liberals with the “Wuhan flu.”

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