Despite the severe backlash, celebrities vouched for how WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was a “superstar.”

The British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee also accused China of presenting a distorted picture of the novel coronavirus outbreak—putting millions of British lives at risk.

Researchers in the United States believe that the initial data presented could be incomplete and distorted. That’s not all— instead of taking six to seven days for the number of infected people to multiply, as was previously informed, it took only 2.3 to 3.3 days to spread.

While the viral outbreak is beyond anyone’s control, many believe that the Chinese communist regime is to be blamed for the unprecedented damage COVID-19 has caused so far.

As per the World Health Organization, China’s wet markets can function again with increased hygiene practices and other safety precautions.

But, a now censored research paper proved otherwise—the origin of the virus is likely to have accidentally erupted from a biolab and not from the market, as there are reportedly no known colonies of this species of bat within a radius of 90 kms of Wuhan.

The companies leaped to action and passed an official statement on Monday: “We are taking aggressive steps to stop misinformation and harmful content from spreading on our platforms and connect people to accurate information about Coronavirus.”

In a strange turn of events, China—from where the virus originated, seems to have developed a phenomenal strategy that helps in the containment of the highly infectious COVID-19. As of April 7, the country clocked 81,740 cases and 3,331 deaths.

What’s shocking to note is that up until the first half of January, China chose to not expose the severity of the pandemic, which resulted in leniency in the checking across the United States.

The same report suggests that a steep, unprecedented rise was recorded by the end of February—over 43,000 people had tested positive for coronavirus sans the exhibition of any symptoms.

In a way, the countries witnessing a surge in male deaths could reason out the fact that men smoked more (In China, over 50% of its male population smokes, while women pale in comparison—less than 3 percent women smoked.) In Italy, though the number of women smokers (4.5 million) are high, 7 million smokers are male.

A Chinese publication reported that a man died due to the hantavirus in China.

A new report claims that the recovery of Chinese businesses affected by the coronavirus is just "a carefully crafted ruse."

The research is backed by the observation of the cases tested positive, after a surge in the numbers in acutely affected countries like South Korea, China, and Italy. What’s more, Germany has reportedly maintained that 2 out of its 3 coronavirus cases have been diagnosed with anosmia.

Eduardo Bolsonaro has claimed that the growing coronavirus pandemic has been caused by the Chinese communist party. 

The WHO (World Health Organization) has reported that 80 % of the total COVID-19 cases have emerged in Europe and the Western Pacific region.

As WHO declared the coronavirus a pandemic, various sectors in the U.S. have taken steps to slow down its spread.

As new coronavirus in China is down to a trickle, President Xi Jinping made his first visit to the city of Wuhan on Tuesday.

With the coronavirus' arrival to Latin America, here's how each country is dealing with the situation.

Scientists found out that the mortality rate due to coronavirus infection increases with age.

There are concerns that Trump winning his reelection bid could lead to a world divided between pro-USA and pro-China camps.

Enthusing how everything was a real mess, another 31-year-old Wuhan engineer described his initial diagnosis. “I was scared and fearful because of scarce testing resources.”

“The central government may be still in an active process in gauging when it's appropriate for Xi to appear to take the reins of the coronavirus fighting efforts," said Rui Zhong, a China expert at the Wilson Center, in a media report.

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An emotional Wuhan man attack doctors for the death of his father-in-law.

Google Trend data show that people have been confusing coronavirus with the Mexican beer Corona Extra.

It seems that people in China have bizarre eating habits as another disgusting video of a man eating several live baby mice have surfaced online. 

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) confirmed that 135 passengers coming from the city of Wuhan in China have entered the Philippines on Jan. 23.

Chinese authorities impose a travel ban on Wuhan City to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

A Chinese theme park was criticized for forcing a pig to bungee jump as a marketing stunt.