by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2020 Taking a different approach to the coronavirus crisis than its Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden has left its schools, gyms, cafes, bars and restaurants open throughout the pandemic. The government is relying on citizens to act responsibly and follow social distancing guidelines. Most limitations announced by Swedish authorities are no more […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2020 The United States travel industry has lost eight million jobs amid the coronavirus crisis. That is a third of the industry’s U.S.-based jobs, the U.S. Travel Association said. Travel spending on airlines, hotels, and the hospitality industry has sunk so low that spending losses will top half a trillion […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 The record clearly shows that the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed the world on the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus. Chinese health officials knew the virus was spreading between humans by mid-January. But, on Jan. 14, the WHO stated that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2020 The United States can force China to pay reparations for the damages it inflicted on the world via its negligence in handling the Wuhan coronavirus, a U.S. congressman said. The United Nations International Court of Justice can be used to hold China financially accountable, Rep. Jim Banks, Indiana Republican, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 17, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017 touted its “strategic partnership” with China at the same time its new director-general traveled to Beijing to cement the organization’s ties with the communist nation. “Director-General leads WHO delegation to the Belt and Road Forum for Health Cooperation” said a WHO press […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2020 Amid the coronavirus crisis, elected officials are assuming “dictatorial powers” to “interfere with our personal choices,” former judge Andrew Napolitano noted. “Let’s say you are at a big-box store looking for groceries and other items. The government cannot constitutionally limit your choices to food and paper towels if you […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2020 The U.S. State Department in 2018 specifically warned about “safety issues” at a virology lab in Wuhan, China, a report said. Two cables from the State Department warned there were too few trained technicians and safety measures in place for the type of research that was being done at […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2020 Taiwan’s government emailed a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December warning of a breakout of “atypical pneumonia” in China in which infected persons had been isolated for treatment. Taiwanese officials say the letter is evidence that the WHO had reason to believe early on that the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2020 CNN on Monday ran an article which closely cited a propaganda report from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) which contends that China’s Navy is doing a better job containing the coronavirus than the U.S. Navy. CNN repeated information from a story posted on the PLA’s English-language site which […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2020 The Wuhan coronavirus has four more amino acids than other coronaviruses, making its transmission easier, according to a French research team which examined the gene sequence of COVID-19. The research team’s findings have led some in the research community to speculate about whether it is “synthetic” and whether China’s […]
