Coronavirus Part 4

Scientists in the Chinese city where Covid emerged planned to alter coronaviruses and release them into bat caves 21 months before the pandemic kicked off, leaked documents have revealed. Dr Peter Daszak, president of New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, proposed working with a group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology to carry out the… Continue reading Coronavirus Part 4

Coronavirus Part 3

Turkmenistan is one of only a handful of countries, including North Korea, which says it has no coronavirus cases. But reports suggest it is experiencing its third and possibly strongest wave of Covid-19. Sayahat Kurbanov was suffocating. He gasped for air as if he were running a marathon, the pain in his chest unbearable. He… Continue reading Coronavirus Part 3

Coronavirus Part 2

A Coronavirus expert fears a mystery new outbreak hitting China is a mutant strain of the deadly bug that leaves sufferers sick for even longer. Worryingly, the strain is behaving differently in patients in northeast China where five million people across two cities are virtually sealed off following spiralling new infections. Dr Qiu Haibo, an… Continue reading Coronavirus Part 2

Jan 2021. Covid 19 in the UK

As of 21 January, a further 1,290 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid 19 as of Thursday, bringing the UK total to 94,580, the government have confirmed. Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where Covid-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate, together with additional data… Continue reading Jan 2021. Covid 19 in the UK