“Now we have three strains of live viruses… But their highest similarity to SARS-CoV-2 [the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19] only reaches 79.8%... It's an obvious difference.” By JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 24, 2020 20:24 A policeman wearing a mask walks past a quarantine notice about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China at an…
Wang Yanyi, the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, told Chinese state media Sunday the lab was working on three live strains of bat coronavirus, but the closest genetic match to the virus that causes COVID-19 and sparked a global health crisis was only 79.8 percent. Therefore, Wang said, claims by the likes of…
May 24, 2020 | 9:40am Enlarge Image Wuhan Institute of Virology Hector Retamal/Getty Images The Chinese lab eyed as a potential source of COVID-19 has admitted having three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site — but insisted none are the source of the global pandemic. The Wuhan Institute of Virology has since 2004 “isolated and obtained…
Hong Kong (CNN)Millions of people in Wuhan will be tested for the novel coronavirus within the coming days, after a new cluster of cases emerged despite a strict 76-day lockdown that was intended to eliminate the virus from the central Chinese city. Over th…
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that "wet" animal markets should not be shut down globally after one such site in Wuhan, China, is suspected of being the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said in a press briefing Friday that live animal markets play a key role…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…