Spain wants refund for faulty coronavirus tests Chinese company sent as replacement for first defective batch
Spain is seeking a refund for a second batch of faulty coronavirus tests purchased from a Chinese company that was supposed to replace a previous order of defective testing kits, health officials said this week. The order of 640,000 antigen coronavirus tests was canceled after health officials found that the kits, like the ones purchased last month, were not sensitive […]
Pompeo blasts China for causing ‘enormous amount of pain’ and ‘loss of life’ with coronavirus coverup
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told “Hannity” Thursday that he knows many Americans are angry at China over the Beijing government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan and disclosed “I know that the president feels the same way.” “China caused an enormous amount of pain, loss of life and now a huge challenge for the global economy and […]
Trump to temporarily suspend all immigration into US to fight against ‘Invisible Enemy’
President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to temporarily stop all immigrants from entering the United States amid the coronavirus. On Monday night, Trump wrote in a tweet how his decision came, “in light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy”, which BBC reported to have meant the novel coronavirus. The President also said […]
Republicans Lobby Trump To Ensure No Stimulus Checks Are Sent to Undocumented Immigrants
Republican Congressmen are urging Trump to ensure that stimulus relief checks from the ”Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security Act” (CARES Act) aren’t being sent to undocumented immigrants, The American Independent reports. On Monday, 39 Republican members of Congress, led by Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, wrote to Trump expressing their concern that “language and definitions contained in the […]
‘Stop Eating Dogs’: NYC Korean Restaurant Vandalized
Anti-Asian sentiment continues to persist throughout the United States amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a Michelin-star Korean restaurant in New York City has been vandalized, Eater reports. The message “Stop eating dogs” was written with Sharpie across the window of Jeju Noodle Bar in the West Village. A customer who lives nearby the restaurant saw the graffiti […]
Philippines ramps up coronavirus testing to find thousands of unknown infections
A woman wearing a protective face mask and shield is pictured in the Ninoy Aquino Stadium that has been temporarily turned into a quarantine facility to accommodate COVID-19 patients in Manila, Philippines, on Monday. (REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez) The Philippines introduced a more aggressive testing program for the coronavirus on Tuesday to locate as many as 15,000 […]
Alistair Overeem ‘probably’ contracted coronavirus because Thailand was ‘flooded with Chinese’
Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem is expected to fight fellow 265-pound slugger Walt Harris at one of the upcoming mixed martial arts (MMA) events on “Fight Island,” once the promotion works out the remaining logistics. With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down most of the planet and bringing the world of professional […]
Georgia woman arrested for selling illegal products claiming to protect against the coronavirus
posted by Randall Views from the Edge A Georgia resident made her first appearance on federal charges of illegally importing and selling an unregistered pesticide through eBay, claiming that it would help protect individuals from viruses. Rong Sun, aka Vicky Sun, 34, of Fayetteville, Georgia, was charged with a criminal complaint filed by the US […]
If China acted earlier, coronavirus cases could have been cut by as much as 95 percent: former FDA chief
The former head of the Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, tweeted Monday that the number of coronavirus cases in China could have been cut by as much as 95 percent if Beijing had acted earlier, citing a study published in March. Scott Gottlieb, MD✔@ScottGottliebMD What if China was candid about #coronavirus, and intervened earlier? Some empiric insights: If they acted 1, 2, […]
New York, California lawmakers call for state ban on ‘wet markets’ amid coronavirus
New York and California state lawmakers are calling for a shutdown of all “wet markets” in their states, rolling out new legislation on both coasts to ban the markets—which in China are believed to be linked to the origins of the coronavirus pandemic—for good. California state Sen. Henry Stern and New York Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal this week teamed with […]