China has today reported 57 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest daily figure since April, as Beijing enters into ‘wartime emergency mode’ following an outbreak of cases at a major wholesale market. The domestic outbreak in China had been brought largely under control through strict lockdowns that were imposed early this year – but … Read more
Fears of a possible new outbreak in a Chinese region of over 100 million residents have escalated after two cities from the area went under Wuhan-style lockdown. Officials from Jilin province of north-eastern China appointed two hospitals today as designated coronavirus facilities to deal with the overwhelming spike of suspected COVID-19 patients. Chinese officials have … Read more
A five-day evangelical congregation at a French megachurch has been blamed for sparking the country’s biggest cluster of coronavirus infections. Worshippers at the Christian Open Door church in Mulhouse, near the Swiss border, had travelled across the world for the week-long event on February 18. The prayer meeting kicked off the biggest cluster of Covid-19 cases … Read more
Eighteen Amish children – who mysteriously died over the course of 15 years – had all inherited a faulty gene from the same ancestor, a new report has found. Mutation of the RYR2 gene found in the heart muscle caused the organ to suddenly stop in the otherwise healthy boys and girls who were running about … Read more