Covid: WHO team investigating virus origins denied entry to China [BBC News, 6 January 2021]

Title:

Covid: WHO team investigating virus origins denied entry to China

 

Published:

BBC News, 6 January 2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55555466

 

From the article:

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.

Newsweek, 28 April 2020 - Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with Millions of U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research

Title:
Dr. Fauci Backed Controversial Wuhan Lab with Millions of U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research

Author:
Fred Guterl

Published:
Newsweek, 28 April 2020

From the article:
"Dr. Anthony Fauci is an adviser to President Donald Trump and something of an American folk hero for his steady, calm leadership during the pandemic crisis. At least one poll shows that Americans trust Fauci more than Trump on the coronavirus pandemic—and few scientists are portrayed on TV by Brad Pitt.  

But just last year, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the organization led by Dr. Fauci, funded scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and other institutions for work on gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses."

To read this article:
https://www.newsweek.com/dr-fauci-backed-controversial-wuhan-lab-millions-us-dollars-risky-coronavirus-research-1500741

Scholarly Article (24 April 2020) - The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Title:
The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

Authors:
Matteo Chinazzi, Jessica T. Davis, Marco Ajelli, Corrado Gioannini, Maria Litvinova, Stefano Merler, Ana Pastore y Piontti, Kunpeng Mu, Luca Rossi, Kaiyuan Sun, Cécile Viboud, Xinyue Xiong, Hongjie Yu, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini Jr., & Alessandro Vespignani

Published:
Science, Volume 368, Issue 6489, pp. 395-400 (24 April 2020)
Available: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/395

From the abstract:
"Motivated by the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in mainland China, we use a global metapopulation disease transmission model to project the impact of travel limitations on the national and international spread of the epidemic. The model is calibrated on the basis of internationally reported cases and shows that, at the start of the travel ban from Wuhan on 23 January 2020, most Chinese cities had already received many infected travelers. The travel quarantine of Wuhan delayed the overall epidemic progression by only 3 to 5 days in mainland China but had a more marked effect on the international scale, where case importations were reduced by nearly 80% until mid-February."

The Washington Times, 28 April 2020 - Wuhan lab 'most likely' coronavirus source, U.S. government analysis finds

Title:
Wuhan lab 'most likely' coronavirus source, U.S. government analysis finds

Author:
Bill Gertz

Published:
The Washington Times, 28 April 2020

From the article:
"A Wuhan laboratory is the “most likely” source of the COVID-19 outbreak now ravaging the globe, according to a U.S. government analysis that catalogs the evidence and concludes that other explanations for the origin of the coronavirus are less credible."

To read this article:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/28/wuhan-laboratory-most-likely-coronavirus-source-us/

SOUTH AFRICA - Government to evacuate citizens, mostly students, from Wuhan

Title:
Government to evacuate citizens, mostly students, from Wuhan

Author:
Peter Fabricius, Daily Maverick

Published:
University World News, 29 February 2020

From the article:
"South Africa will evacuate at least 132 South Africans – apparently mostly students – from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced."

To read this article:
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200229083832174