Category: Virus

Door-to-Door Testing for SA Variant Expands to New Areas in England

Door-to-door testing for the CCP virus is being expanded to more local areas of England, as authorities try to stamp out local occurrences of the South African variant. Authorities say that postcode areas in Manchester, Norfolk, Southampton, and Surrey have been added to the list of “surge testing” for that variant of the Chinese Communist…


China in Focus (Feb. 16): Chinese Firm Could Have Collected DNA: Report

A Chinese biotech company tied to the country’s military had reportedly tried to set up virus test labs in the United States. An expert says Beijing could’ve used it to collect DNA data from Americans. A Chinese parent company breaks a deal with a U.S. software company after president Biden halts a Trump-era ban on…


Epoch Reader Survey: Children Falling Behind; Parents Want Schools Fully Open

Parents across the nation overwhelmingly want their children back in school, in person and full time, according to a new survey of more than 4,700 Epoch Times readers with school-aged children. Currently, 35 percent of respondents’ children are at school five days a week. Almost 24 percent are completely virtual, while some 34 percent are…


UK Identifies Another Variant With Vaccine-Hindering Feature

UK health officials have identified another CCP virus variant with the protein spike change that is thought to hamper current vaccines. The variant—which is now under closer investigation—was found in 38 people since December, according to a statement from Public Health England (PHE). “The set of mutations includes the E484K spike protein mutation, which is…


China in Focus (Feb. 10): WHO Experts Depart Wuhan After CCP Virus Probe

The team of experts led by the World Health Organization has departed Wuhan after its probe into the origins of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese migrant workers are struggling as employers fail to pay their wages. Some of them said they’ve worked for up to a year without…


China in Focus (Feb. 9): WHO Echoes China’s Virus Comments

A World Health Organization expert agrees with China’s narrative that the virus can be transmitted via frozen food, despite no reports of virus transmission via food packaging in China. China’s ambassador to the United States echoed a claim pushed by Beijing: that the CCP virus may have originated from the United States. A local Chinese…


Orange County Jail Reports Dramatic Drop in Inmate Infections

The amount of Orange County inmates infected with the COVID-19 virus is less than one percent of what it was a month ago, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) said Feb. 5. The OCSD is crediting the reduction with “robust mitigation efforts” to bring down the rate of infection at the Santa Ana facility. On…


AstraZeneca Aims to Have Updated Oxford Vaccine for Variants by Autumn

AstraZeneca and Oxford University aim to have an updated vaccine to address the different CCP virus variants by the autumn, according to an executive for the UK-based drugmaker. Research chief Mene Pangalos said they wanted a next-generation vaccine “as rapidly as possible” to tackle new variants of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly called…


1 in 7 Had CCP Virus Antibodies in England in January: Report

An estimated one in seven people had antibodies to the CCP virus in England in January, according to an analysis of a nationwide blood-test survey. The analysis, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), uses blood-test data collected during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey to test for antibodies. It excludes infections reported in hospitals and care homes. In London, one…


WHO Team Visits Wuhan Virus Lab at Center of Speculation

WUHAN, China—World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they’d intended to meet key staff and press them on critical issues. The WHO team’s visit to the Wuhan Institute of…