December 2019. I’m in pretty good shape for a 69-year-old. Or I thought I was two days ago.
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I was in Australia in January when l first heard about coronavirus. Like many, all l knew was that it originated in China, felt like a bad dose of flu and was nothing much to worry about.
Looking back from what seems the end of this particular COVID-19 outbreak in New York City, my small circle of friends has talked more of revelations than of sorrows.
In mid-December last year, my partner and I learnt the happy news that we were having a baby. It wasn’t long after that reports started to surface of a virus spreading in the city of Wuhan in China.
Fourteen Republicans in the House Oversight and Reform Committee sent a warning letter to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressing grave concerns about his questionable reaction to what they called the Chinese government’s role in exacerbating the COVID-19 pandemic, including its large-scale propaganda campaign.
Sweden refuses to lock down. But why? Swedish journalist Martin Schibbye sets out for a trip from the islands in the archipelago to the northern suburbs of the capital Stockholm in search of answers.
Some people may have thought that authoritarian regimes like China dealt with the coronavirus pandemic more effectively than other countries, which is already a controversial issue.
Spherical and crowned with tuft-like appendages, it resembles a creature from outer space or a poisonous flower.