HEALTH

            The Coronavirus, till now Friday March the 20th, 2020 is affecting 183 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance "The Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak also known as  COVID-19, around 267,920 persons have fallen ill and 11,187 death cases and 90,603 recovered cases worldwide. In China as the epicenter of the outbreak, according to reports from 31 provinces, the Xianjiang Production and Construction Corps, there were 6,569 confirmed cases of which 2,136 were serious cases, a total of 71,150 discharged patients were cured and a total of 3,248 cases died, the total number of confirmed cases is now 80,967 were reported and 8,989 close contacts are still under medical observation. There were 0 new confirmed cases in Hubei province and 0 in Wuhan city, 703 cured cases "624 in Wuhan", 3 new deaths "2 in Wuhan", confirmed active cases 6,569 "61...

                                    China and United States standoff escalates as Beijing expels major US media staff, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post journalists among staff ordered to stop reporting and leave. China will expel US reporters of three major US news outlets, in a hugely damaging attack on foreign media coverage of the country and an escalation of the showdown over the press between Washington and Beijing. The decision announced just after midnight Beijing time, requires US citizens working for the three major media to halt reporting and hand in their press cards within 10 days, if their credential expire before the end of 2020. China usually gives journalists only 12 month visas and press cards, so the measure is likely to impact most correspondents, it will decimate some of the biggest newsrooms in China and force reporters with decades of experience cove...